Re^2: (OT) place on linux box to safely create tons of temp junk???

About cleaning them up myself.. I am creating some modules, and i have distribution in mind. I only trust people downloading and configuring so far- installing a module, and setting up a cron, may be too much to expect from some people.

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Re^3: (OT) place on linux box to safely create tons of temp junk??? by sgifford (Prior) on Apr 04, 2006 at 17:47 UTC
Then just let them configure where temp files go, defaulting to `/tmp`, try your best to clean them up when you exit, and document that some systems won't automatically clean that area, and on the rare occasion something goes Very Wrong, the user may need to clean it manually once in awhile, or set up a cronjob to do it automatically. That's really all you can do.	[reply]