Re: Tmpwatch appears to scan Much more than necessary

1999-10-05 Thread Albert E. Whale
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:49:33 -0400, Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Kevin Vajk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: >> > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -v -v --test 48 /tmp /var/tmp >> >> Just tried it... >> >> > found directory entry rc.d >> > cleaning up directory rc.d >> > found directory entry init.d

Re: Tmpwatch appears to scan Much more than necessary

1999-10-05 Thread Bill Nottingham
Kevin Vajk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -v -v --test 48 /tmp /var/tmp > > Just tried it... > > > found directory entry rc.d > > cleaning up directory rc.d > > found directory entry init.d > > cleaning up directory init.d > > ...and saw all this too. I nearly had a heart-a

Re: Tmpwatch appears to scan Much more than necessary

1999-10-05 Thread Kevin Vajk
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Albert E. Whale wrote: > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -v -v --test 48 /tmp /var/tmp Just tried it... > found directory entry rc.d > cleaning up directory rc.d > found directory entry init.d > cleaning up directory init.d ...and saw all this too. I nearly had a heart-attack. :) T

Tmpwatch appears to scan Much more than necessary

1999-10-05 Thread Albert E. Whale
I want to use tmpwatch to eliminate files in /tmp and /var/tmp after 48 hours. When I attempted this operation, here's what I got! /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -v -v --test 48 /tmp /var/tmp Can anyone tell me why the utility has scanned this much of the Server I am using the latest version of tmpwa