TMPWATCH(8)

NAME
       tmpwatch - removes files which haven't been accessed for a
       period of time

SYNOPSIS
       tmpwatch [-fav]  [--verbose]  [--force]  [--all]  [--test]
       <hours> <dirs>

DESCRIPTION
       tmpwatch  recursively  removes  files  which  haven't been
       accessed for a given number of hours. Normally, it's  used
       to clean up directories which are used for temporary hold-
       ing space such as /tmp.

       When changing directories, tmpwatch is very  sensitive  to
       possible  race  conditions  and will exit with an error if
       one is detected. It does not follow symbolic links in  the
       directories  it's  cleaning  (even  if  a symbolic link is
       given as its argument), will not switch filesystems,
        and only removes empty directories and regular files.

       tmpwatch dates files by their atime, not their  mtime.  If
       files  aren't being removed when ls -l implies they should
       be, use stat(1) to examine the files atime to see if  that
       explains the problem.

       The  hours  parameter  defines  the threshold for removing
       files. If the file has not been accessed for hours  hours,
       the file is removed.  Following this, one or more directo-
       ries may be given for tmpwatch to clean up.

OPTIONS
       -a, --all
              Remove all file types, not just regular  files  and
              directories.

       -f, --force
              Remove files even if root doesn't have write access
              (akin to rm -f).

       --test Doesn't remove files, but goes through the  motions
              of removing them. This implies -v.

       -v     Print  a verbose display. Two levels of verboseness
              are available -- use this option twice to  get  the
              most verbose output.

SEE ALSO
       cron(1) ls(1) rm(1) stat(1) 

AUTHOR
       Erik Troan lt;ewt@redhat.com