Safest way to clear /tmp

VisionIncision · 12-30-2011, 07:52 PM

Hi all,
I am thinking about having my /tmp cleared automatically on shutdown. What is a safer option out of writing a script, or mounting it as a temporary filesystem?

Regards,
Jack

jmccue · 12-30-2011, 08:03 PM

Hi,

One method is to put your commands in file
/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown
and make it executable. See comments in rc.local

Jack

Cedrik · 12-30-2011, 08:38 PM

Make sure to double check syntax

VisionIncision · 12-30-2011, 09:18 PM

Thanks for the responses, I shall battle this tomorrow. Its now 3.19, and I am SOOO tired. Don't want to be writing dodgy scripts now do I?

Regards,
Jack

tuxdev · 12-31-2011, 12:16 AM

I mount /tmp using tmpfs, which only lives in ram. So, everything dies when I shutdown and ram dies.