Michael... Notch up one more grateful newbie on your guru yardstick. thanks /j-p.
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Michael Fratoni wrote: > On Sunday 19 May 2002 04:47 pm, john-paul delaney wrote: > > Thanks Michael and Emmanuel... you've taught me something new. > > > > Anyone have an idea how can I prevent tmpwatch removing the > > sub-directory /tmp/apache (at least until I move the apache directory > > to a safer home) but still run on /tmp as normal? > > You could edit /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch, and change: > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch 240 /tmp > to: > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch 720 /tmp > Which would give you 30 days. > > Or write a quick script to modify the access time on the files you want to > keep. > > #! /bin/sh > for file in /tmp/apache/* ; do > touch -a "$file" > done > exit > > Untested, but something similar should do the trick. Just run it as a cron > job daily and it should keep the atime current enough that tmpwatch will > ignore it. I'm not sure if just touching the apache directory will > protect the contents as well, though it probably should. > > -- > -Michael > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt > Red Hat Linux 7.2 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > gpg: Warning: using insecure memory! > gpg: Signature made Sun 19 May 2002 03:12:47 PM CEST using DSA key ID 801BFD2B > gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------- JUSTATEST Art Online www.justatest.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
