A temporary problem

On comparing the temporary folders of two machines…

Look at our Windows temp:

C:\>dir /s %temp%
Total Files Listed:
1033 File(s) 168 727 251 bytes

I have 168 megabytes of temp files, some older than two months, around the time this PC was reinstalled. It looks like the graveyard for a favorite roguelike.

Let’s check our Ubuntu temp files:

du -hs /tmp
60K /tmp

Ubuntu clears your /tmp on boot, a fantastic design that just makes sense, don’t you think?

I have remoted onto servers with temp directories so large, it hangs the window manager trying to list the contents. Servers that host production databases. Servers with paid operating systems. A side-order of hot-sauce with my plate of suck, please.

It’s okay though, you can always use batch files to clear the temp on boot. Ah, the little things that makes Linux such a pleasure to use.

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