Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:10:25 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/periodic/daily 110.clean-tmps Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006082303520.626-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20000608112612.D82993@lucifer.bart.nl>
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On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > -On [20000608 10:50], Brian Somers (brian@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > >brian 2000/06/08 01:48:16 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > etc/periodic/daily 110.clean-tmps > > Log: > > Clean /tmp and /var/tmp if $clear_tmp_enable is set to YES in rc.conf > > I disagree with this on the pure and simple notion that it comflicts > with the description of it in hier(7). hier(7) only describes the (not very useful) cleaning that happens at boot time. Periodic cleaning needs to be much more conservative for /var/tmp than for /tmp (if clear_tmp_enable is set). /tmp may be fully cleaned without warning at any time because the system may crash at any time :-). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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