Re: linc files lying around

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Gérard Milmeister wrote:

> I noticed that GNOME programs create linc file sockets on each
> invocation. However they seem never to be removed. I guess they
> are created by bonobo via orbit and thus in the GTK main loop.
> You could say that they don't they much disk space and they may be
> remove by tmpwatch for example. But RedHat's tmpwatch cron job doesn't
> include the -a flag, so they are never removed.
> Why can't they be unlinked on exit from the gtk main loop, as they
> are never used again?
>  
There is a linc-cleanup-sockets program included with the package that 
can clean up the sockets for you:

   $ linc-cleanup-sockets
   Cleaned 6 files 13 still live

It might make sense to call this program on session cleanup, maybe.

James.

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