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   Carlos E.R. to William Unruh   
   Re: Can you help with these odd files in   
   27 Aug 20 04:25:35   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 26/08/2020 23.52, 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.   
      
   Not exactly. It can be cleared on boot. Or periodically. But it is not   
   mandatory for it to be cleared.   
      
   > /var/tmp is not supposed to be   
   > cleared at boot.  That is the difference between the two. Otherwise why   
   > have two system tmp files?   
   >   
   >   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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