[ale] /tmp directory full!!

[mark]

Your exactly right!  I rebooted the server about the time the daily cron
jobs should run.  And, Anacron didn't catch tmpwatch hadn't run.  Thanks so
much!!  --Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Cc: <marklame at emetastar.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] /tmp directory full!!


> Mark,
>
> Rebooting won't clear tmp.  This is usually handled by a cron job.  Red
> Hat comes with tmpwatch...a program that deletes files that haven't been
> accessed for a certain number of days in /tmp.  It runs as a daily cron
> job.
>
> You could look at tmpwatch, or set up your own.
>
> John
>
> mark said:
> > Yep, I flushed it manually ..rm -rf /tmp/*.  What has my curiosity up,
> > why isn't the /tmp being flushed?  And, I really thought rebooting would
> > flush it, but it didn't??  Is it possible I've got something mischievous
> > running in /tmp??
> >
>
>
>

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