Which directory contents I can remove??

[Aldo Foot]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Mikkel L.
Ellertson<mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 17:32 -0700, gmspro wrote:
>>> In windows xp I can delete the contents of temp directory.
>>> In linux which directory contents I can remove?
>>
>> By convention, temporary files are in /tmp (sometimes /var/tmp). You can
>> delete them as you would any other file, using "rm ...".
>>
>>> Is there any command to do that easily?
>>> Or is there any graphical software that I can use for this purpose?
>>
>> Any of the graphical file managers.
>>
>> Be sure you understand the consequences of deleting temporary files
>> before doing so, as there's no easy way to undelete files in Linux.
>>
>> poc
>>
> You will probably want to be careful about deleting the various
> sockets in /tmp. This can lead to strange problems until you log
> out, or in some cases reboot. (Strange as in unpredictable or
> intermittent.)
>
> Mike
> --
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Several applications put temporary files in there for the duration
of the login session. Things like ssh don't behave well when its
temp files are removed while still running.

~af