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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"