How to clear cache - files are adding up

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I just noticed that my hard drive is filling up with unnecessary files. what is the command to clean it up?

I’ve had to do this in Mandriva a while ago on my other pc.
I’m running opensuse 11.2 KDE 64 bit

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Here is a quote I found directly out of another forum message on how to clear the /tmp folder on a restart:

The usual way actually is removing the content of /tmp while booting (which is not default on SuSE).

I’m sure this is common knowledge, but anyway:

Open /etc/sysconfig/cron, search for a line saying

Code:

CLEAR_TMP_DIRS_AT_BOOTUP=“no”

…and edit “no” to “yes”. This could also be done via GUI: YaST → “Editor for /etc/sysconfig”.

I saved this method for future use and use it on all loaded copies of openSUSE and it seems to work like a champ. You can use the menu/run command and enter “kdesu kwrite /etc/sysconfig/cron” without the quotes. Enter the root password, search for the string above, change it, save it and restart openSUSE.

Thank You,

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what’s the command to use kwrite to edit the file in root?

Yast is more confusing than the command line. I can’t find where to look in Yast.

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Use the run command with: kdesu kwrite /etc/sysconfig/cron

Enter the password, search for the string, change the option to yes, save the file and restart openSUSE.

Thank You,

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Thank you :slight_smile:

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YaST > System > /etc/sysconfig editor.
Then expand + System + Cron and there you see the whole bunch.

Not to difficult imho. Try to get aqaintanced with YaST a little bit by looking inside all the features. This will save you a lot of time when you need something and you are to stressed to look at ease. lol!