From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 22 14:48:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC5816A402 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863BF43D62 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:48:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3MEm1PI017244 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:48:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <444A421B.9020102@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:47:55 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060401) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200604220231.38846.oliver-mailinglist@charter.net> <200604221255.58250.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20060422094828.F7B4.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20060422094828.F7B4.GERARD@seibercom.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDCE5BA6BC8618647749D12E3" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:48:01 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.1, clamav-milter version 0.88.1 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: Putting /tmp on a separate volume? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:48:17 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDCE5BA6BC8618647749D12E3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gerard Seibert wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't the `daily_clean_tmps_enable=3D"= YES" > in /etc/periodic.conf' statement cause a problem for a running program > that had created files in the /tmp directory and therefore obviously > expected to find them there? It might. However, what the script does is remove any files from /tmp=20 that have not been accessed in more than 3 days (or whatever number you configure), or similarly any empty directories that have not been modifie= d (ie. files added, deleted or meta-data changed) in that amount of time. Accessed means 'opened for reading or writing' so anything at all useful tends not to hit that condition. On the other hand, if a program cannot cope with the mysterious and unexpected disappearance of files from the /temporary directory/, well,=20 then it deserves to crash and burn. There's plenty of other bits of file= system to keep files in if you want them to stick around. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigDCE5BA6BC8618647749D12E3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFESkIh8Mjk52CukIwRA5PyAJwIMabzfZ5Xcu9pY1eRvXjajyOwjgCeOncg ETJpNy4TmVu9KUGGl/b1A40= =Ou+1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDCE5BA6BC8618647749D12E3--