Just the contents. I have had /tmp fill up quite a bit, but I seldom re-boot.
Roy Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 3 December 2012 15:27, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In [email protected], J <dreadpiratejeff@...> wrote: > > > > Do you mean delete the contents of /tmp, or delete /tmp? Things tend > > to stop working correctly when /tmp no longer exists... > > > > That would only be temporary. I hear /tmp gets erased every time you > reboot. I don't know though, I don't reboot all that often, and when I do I > never think to check. > > pfred1@buck:/tmp$ du -h > du: cannot access `./ksocket-global/kdm': Permission denied > 4.0K ./ksocket-global > 4.0K ./.ICE-unix > 4.0K ./.X11-unix > 4.0K ./ksocket-pfred1/artsd-samples > 40K ./ksocket-pfred1 > 4.0K ./ssh-nAAQaG2428 > 4.0K ./orbit-pfred1 > 4.0K ./acroread_1000_1000 > 36K ./hsperfdata_pfred1 > 92M ./kde-pfred1 > 4.0K ./pulse-Ysv0z0nMpkBC > 4.0K ./plugtmp > 4.0K ./plugtmp-1 > 92M . > pfred1@buck:/tmp$ > > Doesn't look too important to me. Not going to get a whole lot of disk > space out of removing it all either. /var on the other hand can grow fairly > large, and just deleting it isn't smart. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
