Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:59:19 +0300 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: Sreeram BS <sreeramabs@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ? Message-ID: <5242A5E7.5070908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAObZ-RXW8Gbs=EpMmeavd6hsLNJ3Qc=TSc9AMd4VR_EkN7p0bA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAObZ-RXW8Gbs=EpMmeavd6hsLNJ3Qc=TSc9AMd4VR_EkN7p0bA@mail.gmail.com>
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25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote: > Hi, > I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime of > the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files > *may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the > system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just > wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time) > attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after some > days/months etc automatically). Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled @/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days. -- Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
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