Re: /tmp Cleanup

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

I do know some vendors use /tmp to store some things.  I do, but mainly
temporary/debug files.   But as a vendor, I wouldn't keep anything there
that was super important.

Not sure where all the stuff from IBM comes from in there either.

Bradley V. Stone
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On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 12:19 PM Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't know about IBM recommendations, but I've ran this command nightly
> for a very long time:  rm -rf /tmp/*
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gord Hutchinson [mailto:gordm1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2018 10:02 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: /tmp Cleanup
>
> I'm looking at implementing a regularly scheduled cleanup of /tmp.
>
> Are there any system type objects or subdirectories in /tmp which should
> NOT be deleted?   Things like /.X11-unix or /.com_ibm_tools_attach.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Gord
>
>
>
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> Gord Hutchinson
> TFI International
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