[RndTbl] Can I delete all files/directories undere /tmp

Gilbert E. Detillieux gedetil at cs.umanitoba.ca
Fri May 14 13:52:15 CDT 2004


According to Mel Seder:
> I want to flash everything from /tmp and put mp3's there to burn to a CD.
> 
> Can that cause any problems?

That all depends on what's currently in /tmp, and what's still in use.
For example, a lot of sockets used by X11 and the various graphics libraries
get set up in /tmp, and removing them while running X might break things.

Feel free to get rid of any large regular files in /tmp, as they're likely
not needed after their initial use, and don't sweat the small stuff.  Put
your mp3's into a subdirectory of /tmp, though, so they're not lost in the
mess.

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