Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Andreas Janssen wrote: > William Ballard wrote: > > /tmp seems to clean itself up on reboots; but /var/tmp contains a > > vi.recover which I think is making me receive annoying mails about how > > I can recover my files every time I reboot. Probably the expectation is that you would recover those

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Jean-François Lemaire
Hello, On Sunday 27 June 2004 10:27, William Ballard wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:48:02AM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > > You can of course delete the files from time to time, but probably > > some apps expect their files to still be there after reboot. > > It seems pretty obvious that

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Adam Funk (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Does that mean it's OK to clean out /tmp regularly? What does regularly mean? It should work it /tmp is cleaned on reboot (default on Woody). According to the FHS, applications must not except files to be preserved after a reboot. However you should

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Adam Funk
On Sunday 27 June 2004 09:10, Andreas Janssen wrote: > |/var/tmp : Temporary files preserved between system reboots > | > |Purpose > | > |The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that > |requiretemporary files or directories that are preserved between > |system reboots. Therefore, dat

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread William Ballard
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:48:02AM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > You can of course delete the files from time to time, but probably some > apps expect their files to still be there after reboot. It seems pretty obvious that it's safe to delete something called "kdecache". But how about all t

Re: is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello William Ballard (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > /tmp seems to clean itself up on reboots; but /var/tmp contains a > vi.recover which I think is making me receive annoying mails about how > I can recover my files every time I reboot. > > I'm going to delete /var/tmp/vi.recover, but is it saf

is it save to clean /var/tmp?

2004-06-27 Thread William Ballard
/tmp seems to clean itself up on reboots; but /var/tmp contains a vi.recover which I think is making me receive annoying mails about how I can recover my files every time I reboot. I'm going to delete /var/tmp/vi.recover, but is it safe to delete everything else in /var/tmp after a reboot? Her