RE: [gentoo-user] What can I safely delete from /tmp?

2005-04-27 Thread Daevid Vincent 
 cd /tmp
 rm -rf * (be VERRY BLOODY CAREFUL which dir you are in when you type
this!)

Wouldn't it be wiser to type rm -rf /tmp/* ;-)

Or if really paranoid, rm -rfvi /tmp/* (-i for interactive, -v for
verbose)

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[gentoo-user] What can I safely delete from /tmp?

2005-04-26 Thread Richard Watson 
I'm starting to get low on disk space and was wondering what I can safely
delete from the /tmp directory. How about everything? 

Thanks, Richard


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Re: [gentoo-user] What can I safely delete from /tmp?

2005-04-26 Thread Jason Cooper 
Richard Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled:
 I'm starting to get low on disk space and was wondering what I can safely
 delete from the /tmp directory. How about everything? 

You should check to see that nothing has a file open first.  'lsof' is
good for this, however, if /tmp is a separate partition, you can just
try to umount it.  If it unmounts, then remount and delete everything.
Otherwise, just use 'lsof | grep tmp'.  

hth,

Cooper.
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