Clean up the tmp method-general Linux technology-Linux technology and application information. The following is a detailed description. A temporary file (under/tmp) is generated after the system has been used for a long time and needs to be cleared. However, it is not recommended to use rm-rf during cleaning. This may cause program freezing.
We recommend that you use the tmpwatch command for cleanup. Tmpwatch is described as follows:
Name: tmpwatch
Version: 2.8.4
Release No.: 5
GROUP: System Environment/basic source package: tmpwatch-2.8.4-5.src.rpm
Size: 13273 license type: GPL
Abstract: A tool used to delete a file based on the time when the file is accessed.
Introduction:
The tmpwatch tool recursively searches the specified directory and deletes files that are not accessed within the specified period of time. Tmpwatch is generally used to clean directories (for example,/tmp) that are used to temporarily resident files. tmpwatch ignores symbolic links. It does not switch to the file system and only deletes empty directories and regular files.
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