[SOLVED] Managing Slackware

trainee · 01-08-2013, 06:42 PM

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.

allend · 01-08-2013, 06:58 PM

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.

trainee · 01-08-2013, 07:45 PM

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

Habitual · 01-08-2013, 09:37 PM

I use tmpwatch myself.

dugan · 01-08-2013, 10:28 PM

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

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       defaults         0   0

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

Uzuki · 01-10-2013, 11:54 AM

what is the diferences between

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       defaults         0   0

and

Code:

tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0

dugan · 01-10-2013, 02:22 PM

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

Habitual · 04-30-2013, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

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

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       defaults         0   0

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

ruario · 04-30-2013, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

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?

Habitual · 04-30-2013, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruario

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:

Code:

tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0

ruario · 04-30-2013, 04:03 PM

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

rkelsen · 04-30-2013, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

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

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       defaults         0   0

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

This.

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

Martinus2u · 05-01-2013, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

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

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       defaults         0   0

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

actuall, i do

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       size=4G,mode=777    0   0

ie. limiting the amount of memory and setting permissions

fskmh · 05-01-2013, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martinus2u

actuall, i do

Code:

tmpfs            /tmp             tmpfs       size=4G,mode=777    0   0

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.

ruario · 05-01-2013, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martinus2u

limiting the amount of memory

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