Can I delete all files/directories under /tmp
Kevin Cozens
kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Fri May 14 14:40:19 UTC 2004
At 12:01 AM 05/14/2004, you wrote:
>I want to flash everything from /tmp and put mp3's there to burn to a CD.
>
>Can that cause any problems?
It would be better to create a separate directory somewhere else which you
can use for burning CDs/ISOs rather than using /tmp.
It is usually safe to remove most files from /tmp but you need to look at
what is there first rather than just blindly going 'rm -r /tmp'. X, MySQL,
and some other programs create files/directories under /tmp when the
programs start and they should not be deleted without shutting down the
program first.
Rebooting your machine will not automatically delete files from /tmp unless
you have set up your machine to do so. However, it is typical to have a
cron job which runs once a day(?) which will delete files/directories under
/tmp which have not been used for a while (typically 7 days).
I don't know about your problem burning MP3's. I don't use MP3 files at
all. Any time I need to burn a CD I use XCDRoast. It makes burning easier
than invoking cdrecord manually.
Cheers!
Kevin. (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/)
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