Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Sreeram BS
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).

Please inform.

Regards,
Sreeram
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Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ?

2013-09-25 Thread Sreeram BS
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.comwrote:

 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.

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