Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 01:19:12 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/3605: New /etc/rc not clearing /tmp Message-ID: <19970520011912.18227@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <slrn5o0ggk.ctc.sec@matrix.42.org>; from Stefan `Sec` Zehl on Mon, May 19, 1997 at 02:05:40PM %2B0200 References: <199705190542.HAA17551@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> <2888.864024652@time.cdrom.com> <slrn5o0ggk.ctc.sec@matrix.42.org>
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Stefan `Sec` Zehl scribbled this message on May 19: > In article <2888.864024652@time.cdrom.com>, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > Semi on the same topic. What about making daily read rc.conf or something > > > and then make the regular cleaning of /tmp configurable. That way daily > > > also needn't be edited locally. > > > > That's an interesting idea - I assume we'd do the same for weekly and > > monthly? Any objections? > > No. Go ahead, that really sounds great :) btw. what about putting the following > into daily ? : > > [ -x /usr/local/etc/daily.local ] && . /usr/local/etc/daily.local > > so there would be no m ore reason to edit daily, and you could easily update > it with a newer version without fearing that you might loose your carefully > hand-crafted changes ? actually.. this has been in a LONG time... (since 10/19/96, v1.21) and I was the one to submit it (v1.21)... :) there is weekly.local and monthly.local which Jordan had the idea to expand my idea... ttyl... -- John-Mark Cu Networking Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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