http://technologytales.com/2008/07/19/the-peril-of-tmp/ Adventures in the world of digital and computer technology Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://technologytales.com/2008/07/19/the-peril-of-tmp/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Fitzcarraldo Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:20:09 +0000 http://technologytales.com/?p=480#comment-51 I'm not sure of the file to edit in the case of Ubuntu, which you're using, but for Gentoo it is possible to specify whether or not /tmp/ is emptied automatically by assigning the environment variable WIPE_TMP in the file /etc/conf.d/bootmisc. I made WIPE_TMP="yes" so that the /tmp/ directory is cleared on each boot, otherwise the contents of this directory can build up over time as with Windows. I’m not sure of the file to edit in the case of Ubuntu, which you’re using, but for Gentoo it is possible to specify whether or not /tmp/ is emptied automatically by assigning the environment variable WIPE_TMP in the file /etc/conf.d/bootmisc. I made WIPE_TMP=”yes” so that the /tmp/ directory is cleared on each boot, otherwise the contents of this directory can build up over time as with Windows.

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