Re: [blfs-support] create-files and cleanfs in bootscripts question

2013-07-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
cleanfs does what it says. It cleans up things that are generally not useful from the previous boot. Primarily it removes files from /tmp, but that can be skipped if you set SKIPTMPCLEAN in rc.site. It also creates /var/run/utmp which tracks current logins. Finally, it creates files that may be

[blfs-support] create-files and cleanfs in bootscripts question

2013-07-20 Thread lux-integ
Greetings I have been looking at the lfs/clfs bootscripts lately and I would be grateful if someonw could explain a) what create-files and its brother b) cleanfs do ? and when are they necessary and thus used ? ( i.e. with exmple usage ) and do other distributions such as arch linux us