There's way too much stuff under /var to do something like that. If you've got logrotate running, most of it will take care of itself. You might want to purge "old" stuff out of /var/tmp/, but I would look very carefully at anything else, first.
For your empty directory example, you're not checking dates, so they may have just been created when your scan runs. While the contents of /tmp aren't guaranteed, I don't think that kind of behavior is expected. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux /tmp and /var housekeeping recommendations I was planning to perform some housekeeping cleanup on a regular basis for /tmp by including the following command in a cron: find /tmp -atime +30 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm I was going to do the same for the /var directory and got to thinking that maybe I will get more than I bargain for. What is everyoneâs opinion about removing all files that have not been accessed in 30 days for directory /var? Am I being over zealous? What about directories? Should I remove empty directories within /tmp and /var using a command like?: find /tmp âempty -type d -print0 | xargs -0 rmdir I welcome all comments. Thanks. Peter This Email message and any attachment may contain information that is proprietary, legally privileged, confidential and/or subject to copyright belonging to Pepco Holdings, Inc. or its affiliates ("PHI"). This Email is intended solely for the use of the person(s) to which it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this Email to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this Email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete this Email and any copies. PHI policies expressly prohibit employees from making defamatory or offensive statements and infringing any copyright or any other legal right by Email communication. PHI will not accept any liability in respect of such communications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
