On 25/09/2013 10:05, Sreeram BS wrote:
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kw...@gmail.com>wrote:
25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote:
Hi,
I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime
of
the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files
*may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the
system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just
wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time)
attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after
some
days/months etc automatically).
Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled
@/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days.
--
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
Does this auto-cleanup apply to files in /var/tmp directory also.
The generic description says that the files in this directory can stay
across reboots. So, does this survive auto-cleanup too?
regards,
Sreeram
The default is to clean up /tmp only, but this can be changed in
periodic.conf
If you're struggling with this, note that a default periodic.conf is in
/etc/defaults and it's individual values can be over-ridden by
/etc/periodic.conf IF IT EXISTS.
Regards, Frank.
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