Does this auto-cleanup apply to files in /var/tmp directory also. The generic description says that the files in this directory can stay across reboots. So, does this survive auto-cleanup too?
regards, Sreeram On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kw...@gmail.com>wrote: > 25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime >> of >> the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files >> *may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the >> system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just >> wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time) >> attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after >> some >> days/months etc automatically). >> > > Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled > @/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days. > > -- > Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"