[rhn-users] auto cleanup of /tmp on boot

[Clinton Fernandes]

It's in /etc/cron.daily/

I've installed RHEL AS 3  & 4 and FC 5 and have had tmpwatch on all of them.

Not sure if is part of a specific package that needs installing, but
some googling should answer that question.

On 8/30/06, Alfred Hovdestad <alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca> wrote:
> It's in /etc/cron.daily:
>
> $ locate tmpwatch
> /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
> /usr/share/man/man8/tmpwatch.8.gz
> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch
>
>    Alfred Hovdestad, RHCE
>    University of Saskatchewan
>
>
>
> allen.jordan at convergys.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Must be something specific to your installation because it's not on any of
> > my RedHat boxes.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a cron job called /etc/cron.weekly/tmpwatch that does that.
> >
> > In RHEL 4 you can specify subdirectories in /tmp to not cleanup.
> >
> > On 8/30/06, allen.jordan at convergys.com <allen.jordan at convergys.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Is there something already in place in the OS that will clean up /tmp on
> > a
> >> boot?
> >> Or do I need to add my own script?
> >> If so, does anyone have a script?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Allen
> >> --
>
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