189462 – need default cron task for cleaning /tmp and /var/tmp

Bug 189462 - need default cron task for cleaning /tmp and /var/tmp

Summary: need default cron task for cleaning /tmp and /var/tmp

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2007-08-19 13:08 UTC by Jerome
Modified:	2007-08-19 19:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Jerome 2007-08-19 13:08:31 UTC

Here is the cron task I added:

/etc/cron.daily/clean-tmp
---
#! /bin/sh
for d in "/tmp" "/var/tmp" ; do
        rm -fv $(find $d -type f -mtime +9)
done
---

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-19 13:10:14 UTC

So emerge app-admin/tmpwatch

Comment 2 Jerome 2007-08-19 19:05:16 UTC

thanks.