Bug 87473 - tmpwatch doesn't delete hidden .dotfiles
Summary: tmpwatch doesn't delete hidden .dotfiles
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: tmpwatch
Version: 8.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Miloslav Trmač
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-03-27 11:59 UTC by Boris Folgmann
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:52 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-08-13 20:43:10 UTC

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Description Boris Folgmann 2003-03-27 11:59:46 UTC 
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Description of problem:
I've got a lot of very old files like .famZaq7p3 lying around in my /tmp because
tmpwatch seems not to clean any hidden file that begins with a dot.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tmpwatch-2.8.4-3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. generate an "old" hidden dotfile in /tmp
2. run tmpwatch on /tmp
    

Actual Results:  dotfiles still present in /tmp
tmpwatch -t shows that they are not scanned


Expected Results:  delete really all old files


Additional info:
Comment 1 Boris Folgmann 2003-06-05 14:13:35 UTC 
Any chances for a fix?
Comment 2 Miloslav Trmač 2004-08-13 20:43:10 UTC 
Works for me with tmpwatch-2.9.0-2.1:


$ mkdir z
$ touch -a -d '2 hours ago' z/.dotfile
$ /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -vvv 1 z
grace period is 3600
cleaning up directory z
found directory entry .dotfile
taking as significant time: Fri Aug 13 20:41:45 2004
 
removing file z/.dotfile


If the file in question is a socket (which it is), this would be a
duplicate of bug 66148.
Comment 3 Boris Folgmann 2004-08-14 15:07:55 UTC 
I can't access this socket bug report. Why?
Comment 4 Miloslav Trmač 2004-08-14 20:43:05 UTC 
See bug 114969 for the summary.
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