Managing Slackware - /tmp directory
 

My /tmp direcotry contains a lot of directory with strange name like lu6qsnb[a-z]... and files like virtuoso-*.ini

Can you tell me what are those files doing, why are they created, and is it safe to remove them?

Thanks in advance.

The virtuoso-*.ini are created by virtuoso when running KDE, of which one will be relevant while the KDE session is running. Not sure about the lu* files.
They can all be safely deleted. Anything in /tmp is a temporary file that can be regenerated if required.

Thanks. I just delete all those and everything seems fine.

I use tmpwatch myself. ;)

A lot of Slackers put the following line in /etc/fstab:

That mounts /tmp on a RAM drive, so that it's cleared every boot.

what is the diferences between
and

First first mounts /tmp on a RAM drive. The second mounts /dev/shm on a RAM drive. I have both lines in my fstab.

Already present and I'm confident that I did not alter this file...
Maybe Pat really does know what's best for me. :)

That line isn't preset by the installer. Perhaps you are reading the /dev/shm line?

Waaaaaaay too many consoles open today...
You are correct, of course:

@trainee: You might find this useful http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:gen...ree_your_space

This.

And then you can make your web browser store its cache there... ;)

actuall, i do

ie. limiting the amount of memory and setting permissions

+1

Otherwise after a couple of months of uptime you start having issues with things that need to write in /tmp, and then you end up having to use tmpwatch in any case.

It automatically limits to half the available memory in any case, even if you do not set it