[NTLUG:Discuss] Persistence in /tmp

[Brian Koontz]

On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:20:29AM -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.

Not strictly Linux-related, but OS X clears the /tmp directory out
after each reboot.  So YMMV depending upon the Unix flavor you happen
to be running.

  --Brian