On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2012 19:47:03 -0700, DSM (Dean) wrote:
> I'm running F15. Files are mysteriously being removed from /tmp after a
> number of days of not being touched. I am familiar with
> /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch and, in fact, modify it to inhibit removal of
> files from /tmp. In the past this has worked. Under F15 it has not.
>
> Two or three weeks ago I deleted it from /etc/cron.daily but older files
> _still_ get removed from /tmp. I've rebooted at least once. I'm not
> sure if it happens at bootup or while the system is running, but
> something is still removing files from /tmp.
>
> Does anyone know of another mechanism for this?
At least with recent systemd versions, there is the systemd-tmpfiles-clean
service. Dunno whether it's available in F15. And it defaults to 10 days
not 14, I think: "man tmpfiles.d"
Yes, F15 has this too.
As that man page indicates, you can exclude directories or files from
being cleaned with the 'x' type. So, create a file
/etc/tmpfiles.d/dont-clean-tmp-damnit.conf or such and put 'x /tmp' in
it and systemd will stop cleaning your /tmp.
-T.C.