watch

UK[w?t?] US[wɑ:t?]

vt. Watch, pay attention; guard, monitor; wait (for opportunities, etc.); pay close attention

n. Watch; night watch, duty; guard, surveillance; person on duty

vi.Watch; watch; watch; guard

Third person singular: watches Plural: watches Now Participle: watching Past tense: watched Past participle: watched

Linux tmpwatch command syntax

Function: tmpwatch command is used to delete temporary files. Execute the tmpwatch command to delete unnecessary temporary files. You can set the file expiration time in hours.

Syntax: tmpwatch [-afqv][--test][Expiration time][Directory...]

Linux tmpwatch command example

Use the command "tmpwatch" to delete files that have not been used in the directory "/tmp" for more than one day. Enter the following command:

$ tmpwatch 24 /tmp/ #刪除/tmp目錄中超過一天未使用的文件

After the above command is executed, the execution result is as follows:

removing directctmp/orbit-tom if not empty

Note: This command requires root permissions, so you should use the su command to switch users before using the tmpwatch command. The operation to switch administrative permissions is as follows:

$ su                                #切換到root用戶  
口令：**********                   #輸入用戶密碼