Bug 87473 – tmpwatch doesn't delete hidden .dotfiles

Bug 87473 - tmpwatch doesn't delete hidden .dotfiles

Summary:	tmpwatch doesn't delete hidden .dotfiles

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	tmpwatch (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Miloslav Trmač
QA Contact:	Ben Levenson
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Reported:	2003-03-27 06:59 EST by Boris Folgmann
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:52 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-08-13 16:43:10 EDT
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Description Boris Folgmann 2003-03-27 06:59:46 EST

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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


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Comment 1 Boris Folgmann 2003-06-05 10:13:35 EDT

Any chances for a fix?

Comment 2 Miloslav Trmač 2004-08-13 16:43:10 EDT

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 11:07:55 EDT

I can't access this socket bug report. Why?

Comment 4 Miloslav Trmač 2004-08-14 16:43:05 EDT

See bug 114969 for the summary.

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