From: Doug@hyperspace.vogon.gov   
      
   William Unruh wrote:   
   > On 2020-08-26, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >> On 26/08/2020 20.43, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> See man 5 tmpfiles.d   
   >>   
   >> cp /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf   
   >> change:   
   >>   
   >> # Clear tmp directories separately, to make them easier to override   
   >> # SUSE policy: we don't clean those directories   
   >> d /tmp 1777 root root -   
   >> d /var/tmp 1777 root root -   
   >>   
   >> to:   
   >>   
   >> # Clear tmp directories separately, to make them easier to override   
   >> # My policy: empty /tmp en /var/tmp.   
   >> D /tmp 1777 root root 1d   
   >> D /var/tmp 1777 root root 1d   
   >   
   > /tmp is supposed to be cleared on boot. /var/tmp is not supposed to be   
   > cleared at boot.  That is the difference between the two. Otherwise why   
   > have two system tmp files?   
   >   
   >   
      
   My settings are 5d for /tmp and 3d for /var/tmp, I have had them for   
   years without any visible damage.  Judging by other comments they should   
   be the other way around, but it ain't broke and I'm not about to fix it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)