How to clean (delete) temporary files if they exist in Ubuntu OS?

Question

I need to do a lot of cleaning in my virtual machine whose operating system is Ubuntu.

Normally in Windows, there is this kind of directory that contains temporary files and that should be cleaned:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp

Does it exist such a directory in Ubuntu? If yes, what is it?

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '15 at 09:05

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run this in shell:

sudo rm -rf /tmp/*

answered Nov 06 '15 at 09:05

Dmitry Stril

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…and hope there are no processes that are currently using any of those files. – Biffen Nov 06 '15 at 09:13
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Desperate times call for desperate measures :) – Dmitry Stril Nov 06 '15 at 09:16
@dimon thanks working fine....!!!!! – Ashish Detroja Nov 06 '15 at 10:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 06:57

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On Ubuntu and other unices, it is /tmp. It is automatically cleaned up when the machine reboots.

answered Nov 06 '15 at 06:57

davejagoda

I reboots my systems but there is no files are automatically deleted in /tmp. – Ashish Detroja Nov 06 '15 at 07:06
1. Are you rebooting the Ubuntu guest? 2. As a test, create a file in `/tmp` (e.g. `touch /tmp/file`) and reboot and see if it's still there. – davejagoda Nov 06 '15 at 07:08
This a good read: http://askubuntu.com/questions/20783/how-is-the-tmp-directory-cleaned-up – davejagoda Nov 06 '15 at 07:10
I test already and no such file is deleted after reboot. – Ashish Detroja Nov 06 '15 at 07:11

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