Cleaning Up Your /tmp…The Safe Way
find /tmp -type f -name sess_* | xargs rm -f
Cron Job to Delete files in /tmp directory
First create the script and test it.
Here is a sample script that you would then need to modify:
#!/bin/sh
find /tmp -type f -name sess_* | xargs rm -f #remove all sess_* files
ssh to the server
sh /etc/cleanup.sh
Then save the script as cleanup.sh for example. The do the following:
crontab -e
This will allow you to add cron jobs. Here is the format of each line in the file:
min hr day month day of week command
Therefore, if you want it to run on the 6 hours, add a line like this for example:
* */6 * * sh /etc/cleanup.sh