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Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:25:37 +0200
From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD bugs list)
Subject: Re: conf/3605: New /etc/rc not clearing /tmp
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In-Reply-To: <199705191725.NAA23220@lakes.water.net>; from Thomas David Rivers on May 19, 1997 13:25:34 -0400
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As Thomas David Rivers wrote:

>  Generally, it's not a good idea to clean /tmp while a machine is
> "up".
> 
>  Consider the scenario:
> 
>   1) long-running-process writes a file to /tmp, to be read some time later.
>      (closes the file, but "remembers" it's there.)
> 
>   2) /etc/daily comes along, wipes out the file.

Kill this silly /etc/daily then. :)

My personal cleanup scripts only kill files that haven't been accessed
for more than 3 days.  This should be enough even for a long-running
process.  Also, if it's really only for this process, it should better
keep just a descriptor open on it, instead of remembering its name.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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