please remove the -q from the man page description, it is not a valid switch: [root@borgan /root]# tmpwatch -favq 1 /tmp tmpwatch: invalid option -- q [root@borgan /root]# TMPWATCH(8) NAME tmpwatch - removes files which haven't been accessed for a period of time SYNOPSIS tmpwatch [-favq] [--verbose] [--force] [--all] [--test] [--atime|--mtime] [--quiet] <hours> <dirs>
-q option fixed for 6.2.