On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:47:58 +0000, Andrew Tuson wrote about [newbie] tmp directory size:
>I have my /home directories on a separate partition and have been using, >and upgrading Mandrake/Mandriva since at least 9.1. > >The tmp directory in my home directory is now about 1.9Gb in size and >never seems to get any smaller. > >How do I reduce it in size; can I just try deleting files? In principle you can delete everything in it with the exception of sockets with a date stamp beyond the date/time of your last bootup. If you want this automated look at the package tmpwatch. Use at your own risk. One exception: if your last boot was a recovery from a crash of some sort, there could be remains of opened documents in there that might be useful when starting the related app again. For example OpenOffice is good at restoring it's own problem closures. But only if the files used at crash time are still around. Cheers, =Dick Gevers= ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
