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From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08 Nov 2002 00:07:08 +1100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] housecleaning /tmp directories> On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 15:15, Angus Auld wrote: > > I was wondering about /tmp directories and the directories and files they contain. >Is it necessary or a good idea to delete these once in a while? Any other stuff that >needs deleting? > > > > I like to keep things clean ;-) > > > > TIA's for any thoughts. > > > > --Angus > Be careful of what you delete in the /tmp directory - it's NOT like the > Widoze C:\WINDOWS\TEMP directory where you can literally wipe out > everything - there is socket information for X11 contained in there - > generally, linux cleans itself up moreso than does Winders...you might > want to make sure your browser cache is cleaned out, though - and any > stray source code left over from compiling proggies is cleaned up - but > other than that, you shouldn't have to worry... > > Stephen > -- > Fri Nov 8 00:00:01 EST 2002 ********************************************************************************* Thanks Stephen. There doesn't seem to be a lot of maintenance to do in Linux, so it leaves more time for learning ;-) All the best to you. --Angus "This is the Earth School......always in session. Now is the right time to learn, and teach."--A.A. *************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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