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Re: Renaming partition (Was Missing files)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave P)
Sun Oct 18 19:12:54 1998
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dave P <nukem_22@yahoo.com>
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What about renaming that /tmp partition to something like /stuff, and
let the real tmp directory to be with my / directory.
Can I do that? If so, how do I do that? just rename it?
thanks,
Dave
---Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net> wrote:
>
> >>>>> "dp" == Dave P <nukem_22@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> dp> Hi,
> dp> I've been missing some files from my /tmp directory.
> dp> It's the 4th primary partition in my HD. I created a couple of
> dp> subdirectories and store my downloaded and other files there
about 2
> dp> weeks ago. Yesterday, when I browsed through that /tmp , I noticed
> dp> that I've lost a lot of files from several different
subdirectories. I
> dp> know that I didn't delete them, and there is no one else using
this
> dp> system. Is it a HD failure, or can anyone explain it?
>
> Either remove /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch or edit to suit your needs.
> This removes all files in certain directory's with the command:
>
> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch 240 /tmp /var/tmp /var/catman/cat?
>
> Note the /tmp directory, your problem.
>
> --
> Ray Curtis Unix Programmer/Consultant Curtis Consulting
> mailto:ray@ray.clark.net
http://www.clark.net/pub/ray
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