[GRLUG] "Cleanup and DeFrag"

[Ron Lauzon]

Bill Creswell wrote:

> Does Linux have a cleanup/defrag equivalent that I should be 
> performing to clear temp files, help performance?

The file systems that Linux uses doesn't need periodic defragging (well, 
it's not supposed to need it).

Cleaning up of the temp files and such are usually taken care of with an 
automatic process.  It varies on the distro.  Under Mandriva, there is a 
/etc/cron.daily with a set of scripts in it.  The scripts in this 
directory are executed once per day.  The scripts check security, clean 
up temp files, throw out old log messages, etc.

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