[NTLUG:Discuss] Persistence in /tmp

[Leroy Tennison]

Chris Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 08:20 -0500, Leroy Tennison wrote:
>> I noticed today that some things I had downloaded days (or months) ago 
>> continued to exist in /tmp as well as other miscellaneous files.  There 
>> were a number of PPD files but also downloaded documents, directories 
>> (empty and not) and socket files.  Most were deletable but some (even 
>> with "old" dates) weren't.
>>
>> I was previously under the impression that /tmp was truly temporary 
>> (cleaned up @ shutdown or restart).  Is that an incorrect understanding 
>> or am I seeing the results of program bugs in the non-current files and 
>> directories?
> 
> It is a misunderstanding.  The idea is that /tmp CAN get cleaned out
> on a regular basis, but technically, it doesn't even have to cleaned out
> upon reboot.  So... you can't assume that /tmp gets cleared.
> 
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Thanks for the clarification.