[X-Unix] Trying to get rid of unwanted files

[Mark Gibson]

At 11:48 -1000 13/5/04, Scott J. Kramer wrote:
>Hi Mark,
>
>--On Friday, May 14, 2004 00:26 +1000 Mark Gibson 
><gibsonm at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>>But wont that remove /tmp as well?
>>
>>/tmp is in /cups (i.e. /var/spool/cups/tmp). I need something that
>>removes the files but leaves the structure intact.
>
>I think you're confusing the /tmp directory with the tmp directory in
>in the /var/spool/cups directory.  A filename that starts with a '/'
>prefix is relative to the root directory.
>
>It's incorrect to say "/tmp is in /cups" because both those pathnames
>are relative to the root.  There's a tmp directory in root and also one
>in /var/spool/cups.
>
>I'm not trying to be pedantic, just wanting to help clarify something
>where accuracy is essential.  A mistake in a filename is similar to a
>mistake in an e-mail address -- both are likely to produce undesired
>results.
>
>Aloha,
>
>-sjk

Ta,

Point taken. The two locations are:

/var/spool/cups and /var/spool/cups/tmp.

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