Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: More hd space needed

Just the contents. I have had /tmp fill up quite a bit, but I seldom
re-boot.

Roy
Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 3 December 2012 15:27, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, J <dreadpiratejeff@...> wrote:
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> > Do you mean delete the contents of /tmp, or delete /tmp? Things tend
> > to stop working correctly when /tmp no longer exists...
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> That would only be temporary. I hear /tmp gets erased every time you
> reboot. I don't know though, I don't reboot all that often, and when I do I
> never think to check.
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> pfred1@buck:/tmp$ du -h
> du: cannot access `./ksocket-global/kdm': Permission denied
> 4.0K ./ksocket-global
> 4.0K ./.ICE-unix
> 4.0K ./.X11-unix
> 4.0K ./ksocket-pfred1/artsd-samples
> 40K ./ksocket-pfred1
> 4.0K ./ssh-nAAQaG2428
> 4.0K ./orbit-pfred1
> 4.0K ./acroread_1000_1000
> 36K ./hsperfdata_pfred1
> 92M ./kde-pfred1
> 4.0K ./pulse-Ysv0z0nMpkBC
> 4.0K ./plugtmp
> 4.0K ./plugtmp-1
> 92M .
> pfred1@buck:/tmp$
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> Doesn't look too important to me. Not going to get a whole lot of disk
> space out of removing it all either. /var on the other hand can grow fairly
> large, and just deleting it isn't smart.
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