I have a lot of stuff collected in the /tmp directory. Is it safe to
delete these files or is it better to leave them?
TIA
Alan
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Alan-LB;1901487 Wrote:
> I have a lot of stuff collected in the /tmp directory. Is it safe to
> delete these files or is it better to leave them?
>
> TIA
>
> Alan
If your system doesn’t use them, they will be automatically deleted.
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I think that you can safely delete /tmp content, but there is a more
elegant way.
Open yast2->/etc/sysconfig editor
Look under Cron.
There you will find several variables that you can set related to /tmp
dir.
Look in particular at CLEAR_TMP_DIRS_AT_BOOTUP, if you set this to yes,
then the system will delete /tmp content on every boot (the default
value is no at least in 11.1 RC1)
I hope this help.
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ram88;1901489 Wrote:
> If your system doesn’t use them, they will be automatically deleted.
No, not always true. Only if there is a scavenger cron job.
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Thanks for all your help
Alan
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this tread help me too with understanding this 
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