NAME<\/a> tmpwatch \u2212 removes files which haven\u2019t been accessed for a period of time<\/p>\n tmpwatch<\/b> [-u|-m|-c] [-MUXadfqstvx] [–verbose] [–force] [–all] tmpwatch<\/b><\/i> recursively removes files which haven\u2019t been accessed for a given time. Normally, it\u2019s used to clean up directories which are used for temporary holding space such as \/tmp.<\/p>\n When changing directories, tmpwatch<\/b> is very sensitive to possible race conditions and will exit with an error if one is detected. It does not follow symbolic links in the directories it\u2019s cleaning (even if a symbolic link is given as its argument), does not switch filesystems (including non-trivial bind mounts), skips lost+found<\/i> directories owned by the root user, and only removes empty directories, regular files, symbolic links, and on some systems also unused sockets.<\/p>\n By default, tmpwatch<\/b> dates files by their atime (access time), not their mtime (modification time). If files aren\u2019t being removed when ls -l<\/b> implies they should be, use ls -u<\/b> to examine their atime to see if that explains the problem.<\/p>\n If the -\u2212atime, -\u2212ctime or -\u2212mtime options are used in combination, the decision about deleting a file will be based on the maximum of these times. The -\u2212dirmtime option implies ignoring atime of directories, even if the -\u2212atime option is used.<\/p>\n The time<\/i> parameter defines the threshold for removing files. If the file has not been accessed for time<\/i>, the file is removed. The time<\/i> argument is a number with an optional single-character suffix specifying the units: m<\/b> for minutes, h<\/b> for hours, d<\/b> for days. If no suffix is specified, time<\/i> is in hours.<\/p>\n Following this, one or more directories may be given for tmpwatch<\/b> to clean up.<\/p>\n -u, -\u2212atime<\/b><\/p>\n Make the decision about deleting a file based on the file\u2019s atime (access time). This is the default.<\/p>\n Note that the periodic updatedb<\/b> file system scans keep the atime of directories recent.<\/p>\n -m, -\u2212mtime<\/b><\/p>\n Make the decision about deleting a file based on the file\u2019s mtime (modification time) instead of the atime.<\/p>\n -c, -\u2212ctime<\/b><\/p>\n Make the decision about deleting a file based on the file\u2019s ctime (inode change time) instead of the atime; for directories, make the decision based on the mtime.<\/p>\n -M, -\u2212dirmtime<\/b><\/p>\n Make the decision about deleting a directory based on the directory\u2019s mtime (modification time) instead of the atime; completely ignore atime for directories.<\/p>\n -a, -\u2212all<\/b><\/p>\n Remove all file types, not just regular files, symbolic links and directories. On systems where tmpwatch<\/b> can remove unused sockets, make the decision only based on file times, ignoring possible use of the socket.<\/p>\n -d, -\u2212nodirs<\/b><\/p>\n Do not attempt to remove directories, even if they are empty.<\/p>\n -f, -\u2212force<\/b><\/p>\n Remove root-owned files even if root doesn\u2019t have write access (akin to rm -f<\/b>).<\/p>\n -l, -\u2212nosymlinks<\/b><\/p>\n Do not attempt to remove symbolic links.<\/p>\n -q, -\u2212quiet<\/b><\/p>\n Report only fatal errors.<\/p>\n -s, -\u2212fuser<\/b><\/p>\n Attempt to use the “fuser” command to see if a file is already open before removing it. Not enabled by default. Does help in some circumstances, but not all. Dependent on fuser being installed in \/sbin. Not supported on HP-UX or Solaris.<\/p>\n -t, -\u2212test<\/b><\/p>\n Don\u2019t remove files, but go through the motions of removing them. This implies \u2212v<\/b>.<\/p>\n -U, -\u2212exclude-user=<\/b>user<\/i><\/p>\n Don\u2019t remove files owned by user<\/i>, which can be an user name or numeric user ID.<\/p>\n -v, -\u2212verbose<\/b><\/p>\n Print a verbose display. Two levels of verboseness are available — use this option twice to get the most verbose output.<\/p>\n -x, -\u2212exclude=<\/b>path<\/i><\/p>\n Skip path<\/i>; if path<\/i> is a directory, all files contained in it are skipped too. If path<\/i> does not exist, it must be an absolute path that contains no symbolic links.<\/p>\n \u2212X<\/b>, \u2212\u2212exclude\u2212pattern=<\/b>pattern<\/i><\/p>\n Skip paths matching pattern<\/i>; if a directory matches pattern<\/i>, all files contained in it are skipped too. pattern<\/i> must match an absolute path that contains no symbolic links.<\/p>\n
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[–nodirs] [–nosymlinks] [–test] [–fuser] [–quiet]
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