tmpwatch query

Hi...

I noticed old session files just building up in /tmp on one of my servers. Loking at /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch I see:

Code:

flags=-umc
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix \
	-x /tmp/.font-unix -x /tmp/.ICE-unix -x /tmp/.Test-unix 240 /tmp
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" 720 /var/tmp
for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do
    if [ -d "$d" ]; then
	/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -f 720 "$d"
    fi
done

I don't understand the flags=-umc statement. If I test the statement using umc, then it won't remove the old sess* files..., although according to the man page

using -umc should INCREASE the chances of deleting a file, not reduce it...

But if I remove the "u" from the switches, then the sess* files get removed... This seems to contradict the explanation in the man page completely.

Steve

 

Found it... tmpwatch has some ambiguous/flaky grammar in the man page.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468670

Might clarify if it said:

Maximum time as per file unix timestamp, but for most people the maximum time being talked about is usually interpreted as meaning the difference between the timestamp and now().

Oh, just delete this thread, I'm rambling.