Re: tmp files dumping

CWO4 Dave Mann <misterfixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey Group, I was snooping around my system just now and looked in
the /root/tmp folder. There is stuff in there from months ago. When does
it ever get emptied?

I never heard of a /root/tmp directory (not "folder"), although
there's nothing impossible about it. /tmp is standard; /root/tmp is
not. There are about three ways/times in which temp directories get
emptied, other than doing it manually:
1. Never.
2. At reboot.
3. When something like 'tmpreaper' gets run on a schedule.

Exactly which of these might apply depends on your distribution.
Personally, I think 'at reboot' is the best way to do it, but reasonable
people can and do disagree.

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