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 Message-ID: <19970520002537.XH34654@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199705191725.NAA23220@lakes.water.net>; from Thomas David Rivers on May 19, 1997 13:25:34 -0400 References: <199705191725.NAA23220@lakes.water.net>
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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 joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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