michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten) (01/30/91)
I discovered that something is cleaning up /tmp without my knowledge. It is not /etc/rc. I've been up 15 days. It is not crontab, nor any cleanup deamons run from crontab. Whatever it is wipes out the entire /tmp/*, without regard for how recent the file is. This is rather unfriendly, and may cause some programs to crash that assume that they can re-open a file (such as a program that runs in two or three phases. Say a C compiler). Does anyone know which program is doing this and how to stop it? I suspect it is smgr, but a strings does not show '/tmp' in it. Michael -- Michael michael@stb.info.com denwa!stb!michael anes.ucla.edu!stb!michael "Space is an illusion; disk space doubly so"
afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) (01/30/91)
In article <1991Jan29.171729.11768@stb.info.com> michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten) writes: > >I discovered that something is cleaning up /tmp without my knowledge. > >It is not /etc/rc. I've been up 15 days. >It is not crontab, nor any cleanup deamons run from crontab. > >Whatever it is wipes out the entire /tmp/*, without regard for >how recent the file is. This is rather unfriendly, and may cause >some programs to crash that assume that they can re-open a file >(such as a program that runs in two or three phases. Say a C compiler). > >Does anyone know which program is doing this and how to stop it? >I suspect it is smgr, but a strings does not show '/tmp' in it. It's /etc/.cleanup. The offending line is rm -rf /tmp/*. I have commented it and my files no longer disappear. > Michael >-- > Michael >michael@stb.info.com denwa!stb!michael anes.ucla.edu!stb!michael >"Space is an illusion; disk space doubly so" -- Augustine Cano INTERNET: afc@shibaya.lonestar.org UUCP: ...!{ernest,egsner}!shibaya!afc
bilbo@bisco.kodak.COM (Charles Tryon) (01/31/91)
In <1991Jan30.152547.28108@shibaya.lonestar.org>, afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) writes: > In article <1991Jan29.171729.11768@stb.info.com> michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten) writes: > > > >I discovered that something is cleaning up /tmp without my knowledge. > > > It's /etc/.cleanup. The offending line is rm -rf /tmp/*. I have commented > it and my files no longer disappear. When does this get called? I like to have /tmp cleaned up when I reboot, but not at some arbitrary interval. > -- > Augustine Cano INTERNET: afc@shibaya.lonestar.org -- Chuck Tryon <bilbo@bisco.kodak.com> USmail: 46 Post Ave.;Roch. NY 14619 B. Baggins <<...include standard disclamer...>> At Your Service "Swagger knows no upper bound, but the laws of physics remain unimpressed." (D. Mocsny)
afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) (02/01/91)
> bilbo@bisco.kodak.COM (Charles Tryon) writes: >> afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) writes: >> > michael@stb.info.com (Michael Gersten) writes: >> > >> >I discovered that something is cleaning up /tmp without my knowledge. >> > >> It's /etc/.cleanup. The offending line is rm -rf /tmp/*. I have commented >> it and my files no longer disappear. > >When does this get called? I like to have /tmp cleaned up when I reboot, >but not at some arbitrary interval. It is definitely called on reboot. This is the only place where I noticed it. Back in the seagate drive days, I used to have (at least) a crash every few days and regularly lost all files in /tmp. If anybody knows of another script or program that cleans up /tmp, please let us all know. -- Augustine Cano INTERNET: afc@shibaya.lonestar.org UUCP: ...!{ernest,egsner}!shibaya!afc