January 14, 2007
Remove temp folder contents on shutdown
A few days ago Codejacked wrote an article talking about Delete your TEMP files on shutdown for Windows. As much as I loved the article, I have recently switched over to Ubuntu. Like all operating systems, GNU Linux has temporary files also. Here’s how to delete them on shutdown.
- Back up what you’re going to working on.
sudo cp /etc/init.d/sysklogd /etc/init.d/sysklogd_backup
- Open the file in
gedit
gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/sysklogd
- Find the following section
... stop) log_begin_msg "Stopping system log daemon..." start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile log_end_msg $?…
stop)
log_begin_msg "Stopping system log daemon…"
start-stop-daemon —stop —quiet —oknodo —exec $binpath —pidfile $pidfile
log_end_msg $?
…- Add the following line after
log_end_msg $?or before;;.
rm -fr /tmp/* /tmp/.??*
- Save the file and you’re set!
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- Add the following line after
- Find the following section
- Open the file in