I agree with this, but if at boot time gentoo says clearing, i suppose it must doing something in those two directory's, otherwise this message is completely useless.
Patrick Op ma 03-11-2003, om 23:59 schreef Bryan Whitehead: > Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > > Hi, > > > > At boot time I see a message that /tmp en /vat/tmp are being cleared, > > but I still find files from months ago in there. Is this normal?, I > > would say no, but how do i fix this? > > > > Patrick > > This is fine according to LSB/FHS. > > /var/tmp should *not* be cleared after reboot: > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html > "The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require > temporary files or directories that are preserved between system > reboots. Therefore, data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than data > in /tmp. Files and directories located in /var/tmp must not be deleted > when the system is booted. Although data stored in /var/tmp is typically > deleted in a site-specific manner, it is recommended that deletions > occur at a less frequent interval than /tmp. " > > /tmp *can* be cleared after reboot, but is not required: > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.15.html > > "Programs must not assume that any files or directories in /tmp are > preserved between invocations of the program." > "Although data stored in /tmp may be deleted in a site-specific manner, > it is recommended that files and directories located in /tmp be deleted > whenever the system is booted. FHS added this recommendation on the > basis of historical precedent and common practice, but did not make it a > requirement because system administration is not within the scope of > this standard." -- "Please, Spock, do me a favor ... 'n' don't say it's `fascinating'..." "No... but it is... interesting..." -- Spock PGP Key: http://users.pandora.be/rivendell/marquetp.gpg Fingerprint = 2792 057F C445 9486 F932 3AEA D3A3 1B0C 1059 273B ICQ# 316932703 Registered Linux User #44550 http://counter.li.org
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