Re: [Nix-dev] cleaning /tmp
Hi, On 30/01/12 12:54, Florian Friesdorf wrote: services.cleanTmp.paths = [ '/tmp' '/var/tmp' ] (default) services.cleanTmp.onBoot = true; The FHS says: 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. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html -- Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/ ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] cleaning /tmp
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:08:28 +0100, Eelco Dolstra e.dols...@tudelft.nl wrote: Hi, On 30/01/12 12:54, Florian Friesdorf wrote: services.cleanTmp.paths = [ '/tmp' '/var/tmp' ] (default) service.cleanTmp.paths = [ '/tmp' ] (default) services.cleanTmp.onBoot = true; The FHS says: 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. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html -- Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/ ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev -- Florian Friesdorf f...@chaoflow.net GPG FPR: 7A13 5EEE 1421 9FC2 108D BAAF 38F8 99A3 0C45 F083 Jabber/XMPP: f...@chaoflow.net IRC: chaoflow on freenode,ircnet,blafasel,OFTC pgpR3Godl3nre.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] cleaning /tmp
Can we compare the solution add nixos option to adding a recipes wiki page adding such one liners as samples? Marc Weber ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
[Nix-dev] cleaning /tmp
Hi all, After a reboot, I found that my /tmp is taking up 8Gb of space. I don't want to use a tmpfs for it, as I occasionally use audio/video tools that write to /tmp, with sizes above my system memory. Looking at FHS's recommendations, I would say there are 2 moments to clean /tmp. - At boot time (almost) everything can be deleted. - For systems that don't reboot often (servers, laptops that just suspend instead of shut down), a daily cron job can delete items older than (2 weeks / a month). Does nixos have anything in place to manage /tmp? What do others do? Thanks, Mathijs ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] cleaning /tmp
Does nixos have anything in place to manage /tmp? What do others do? It was committed once in the past and reverted again for good reasons. (eg before switching to SSD/tmpfs I deleted /tmp only once every 4 months keeping files around.) If you want it opt-in by using a startup shell script. Eg there are configuration options boot.postBoot and boot.initrd.postMount and such. Marc Weber ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
