[rhn-users] auto cleanup of /tmp on boot

[Alfred Hovdestad]

It's in /etc/cron.daily:

$ locate tmpwatch
/etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
/usr/share/man/man8/tmpwatch.8.gz
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch

   Alfred Hovdestad, RHCE
   University of Saskatchewan



allen.jordan at convergys.com wrote:
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> Must be something specific to your installation because it's not on any of
> my RedHat boxes.
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> There is a cron job called /etc/cron.weekly/tmpwatch that does that.
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> In RHEL 4 you can specify subdirectories in /tmp to not cleanup.
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> On 8/30/06, allen.jordan at convergys.com <allen.jordan at convergys.com> wrote:
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>> Is there something already in place in the OS that will clean up /tmp on
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>> boot?
>> Or do I need to add my own script?
>> If so, does anyone have a script?
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>> Thanks
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>> Allen
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