Timeline for Can I delete the logs in the /private/tmp folder?
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| Jun 29, 2017 at 12:04 | comment | added | jksoegaard | It is not the age of the file that determines when they are deleted - it is their last access time. So if a program has the file open and for example continually logs to the file or even just reads from the file - it will be kept around. | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 21:15 | comment | added | Oion Akif | Thanks, although strangely it seems as if the oldest files are from the 24th, around 4 days ago (even though I haven't myself accessed them). | |
| Jun 28, 2017 at 21:13 | vote | accept | Oion Akif | ||
| Jun 28, 2017 at 20:31 | history | answered | jksoegaard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |