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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Counting files created in /tmp
Message-ID: <1382@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 2 Feb 90 21:28:59 GMT
References: <22031@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
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in article <22031@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) says:

> So the answer to his question about a SIMPLE way to keep track of what 
> has happened in temp, assuming he knows when he wants to look at it,
> is:

> ls -la /tmp

The majority of files created in /tmp are removed, but still open.
I might assume that the reason someone is looking in the first place would
be to justify a separate file system for /tmp, or something equally useful.
ls of any variety doesn't tell the story adequately.

tmpfile(3S) creates a file in /tmp with a unique name, then immediately
unlinks it.  The name goes away, but the disk utilization remains.

If I cared about the file usage in /tmp, I would be more concerned about
the disk utilization, not just the names, or lack thereof.

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