On Thursday 17 February 2005 01:06, Tim wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed a few days ago somebody mentioned deleting log files & tmp > files, is this necessary? If so what else should i be doing? > > If i don't will it have an adverse affect on my system? > > The reason i ask is i,ve noticed Firefox & Thunderbird are taking longer > to load, only a few seconds longer but it's noticeable. I,ve spent an > hour or so searching the official doc's on ML, It doesn't seem to imply > its needed. > > Running 10.1 with all the updates. > > Tim
If you install the anacron package then your log files will be automatically compressed and rotated weekly, and files not accessed for more than 60 days in your /tmp will be automatically deleted. Anacron will cause the maintenance jobs to run 15 minutes after you power up your computer. No configuration is necessary. The maintenance jobs normally get run at 4am, but since most people switch off overnight they never get run. Anacron simply checks to make sure missed jobs are run. If you fail to do your maintenance there will be no noticeable effect until one day you cannot boot because your disc is full. (Just like the poster last week) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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