Hi Sreeram,

>    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).

No. Applications should be responsible for cleaning their temporary files.

Bests,

Olivier

>
> Please inform.
>
> Regards,
> Sreeram
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