What is all this stuff in /home/joe/tmp ??

Josef Lowder joe at actionline.com
Wed Apr 2 12:25:57 MST 2008


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What is all this garbage in my /home/joe/tmp directory?
And why does it not get flushed out when I reboot?

drwx------  2 joe  joe   4096 Nov 23  2006 mc-joe/
drwx------  2 joe  joe   4096 Sep 26  2007 plugtmp/
drwx------  2 root root  4096 Jan  5 09:17 orbit-root/
-rw-rw-r--  1 joe  joe   8474 Feb 12 14:11 Release.stw
-rw-------  1 joe  joe  25382 Mar 25 14:52 47e9741da181a
drwx------  2 joe  joe   4096 Apr  2 10:50 kde-joe/
drwx------  2 joe  joe   4096 Apr  2 12:11 ksocket-joe/
drwx------  2 joe  joe   8192 Apr  2 12:20 orbit-joe/

In particular, the two "orbit" directories have a 
lot of apparently empty files in there, for example 
orbit-joe has all these files with dates two years back:

srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 15  2006 linc-10fa-0-62b063a83c09
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 16  2006 linc-2731-0-2f449f2a12461
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 16  2006 linc-2e53-0-488e1665a
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 16  2006 linc-2f97-0-5ee4ee628b985
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 16  2006 linc-f37-0-6de9392d26d51
-rwx------  1 joe joe   0 Aug 16  2006 bonobo-activation-register.lock
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 17  2006 linc-f38-0-5fd42c84f0e14
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 17  2006 linc-f19-0-4b7ab1e0625ed
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 17  2006 linc-1382-0-693ee810bdc4a
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 21  2006 linc-f14-0-6f8b1f7b75e54
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 21  2006 linc-f17-0-5c65e5062226e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 23  2006 linc-f24-0-637046cd49fb
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 24  2006 linc-329d-0-7b9d890d3ce62
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 24  2006 linc-100f-0-594e48167fff
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 25  2006 linc-11b7-0-3772dcb53c0b0
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 25  2006 linc-1023-0-58f3e5d39f836
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 26  2006 linc-101b-0-7728cb869736b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 27  2006 linc-1025-0-718bca9fc1812
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 27  2006 linc-1023-0-46f977cbcb0c
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 27  2006 linc-1008-0-41c2f43f2eb57
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep  3  2006 linc-28d4-0-4f4be814895c5
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 17  2006 linc-7a56-0-3c7546c395615
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 17  2006 linc-7a7a-0-3ffb3725ab60b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 17  2006 linc-7b1b-0-36a8d6982702
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 21  2006 linc-42ea-0-1268a15cdf1f5
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 21  2006 linc-430e-0-cf6f77c79872
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 21  2006 linc-4358-0-5954b6e53fed8
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 22  2006 linc-117a-0-5db294991c23e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct  4  2006 linc-f0c-0-29f9d935c5b17
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 13  2006 linc-1b04-0-327f536a67e55
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 15  2006 linc-f2f-0-104dd91f8dbdc
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 16  2006 linc-3750-0-1bda1d83ef555
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  7  2006 linc-334e-0-6861a3ceb27ed
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  9  2006 linc-68e0-0-5d8a69c1acb2e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  9  2006 linc-6eee-0-7f320809b43c7
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov 13  2006 linc-2916-0-79ebdb5c6603d
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov 28  2006 linc-5a51-0-cc82dccca73a
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov 29  2006 linc-7462-0-b46e04859233
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec  4  2006 linc-11f3-0-44275eb1e200d
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec  4  2006 linc-1014-0-373c4e933441f
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec  5  2006 linc-efd-0-3078871c9a0d
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 10  2006 linc-f08-0-1948360ae613e
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 19  2006 linc-1021-0-56dea2e271d6f
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 19  2006 linc-1012-0-41667cd62cd79
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan  4  2007 linc-51b7-0-72916614d2acc
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan  6  2007 linc-1a1c-0-286f7198ac36d
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan  8  2007 linc-f21-0-33ff95c738a43
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 22  2007 linc-f2d-0-412fd585180d7
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 22  2007 linc-f1c-0-137078942a7ca
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 23  2007 linc-3374-0-56c2be3c5df3b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 26  2007 linc-723e-0-6ef5463c215da
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 27  2007 linc-f06-0-e6dd448ff4b
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 28  2007 linc-102d-0-62ce5ce8bef54
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  5  2007 linc-feb-0-4ac7b738eb43c
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  9  2007 linc-2aef-0-1be9bcac96c4b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  9  2007 linc-2bc9-0-47719bba453fa
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  9  2007 linc-2c63-0-40a74515f22ae
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  9  2007 linc-2cac-0-2a1631207c0c
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  9  2007 linc-2e84-0-11c4765b19a4
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 13  2007 linc-5878-0-5317051d863ba
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-52eb-0-5ea938021733
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-54dc-0-3719bb0e93329
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-551d-0-5ff0016396ffb
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-5a02-0-1c06d11364504
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-5aa2-0-1b91f6c141aad
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-5b1f-0-7278e9b277d
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-5c7f-0-6ec836672d0d1
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 16  2007 linc-5cf6-0-2c89b6d292c55
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 31  2007 linc-4110-0-17f96f628fedc
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 31  2007 linc-4192-0-698dfedb13d6
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr 18  2007 linc-1029-0-6d656dfabee28
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr 18  2007 linc-1013-0-639b3ddf758e4
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr 18  2007 linc-1026-0-5970b78fe6e9e
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr 19  2007 linc-1029-0-15670dd54e7bb
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr 19  2007 linc-1018-0-1083815495747
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr 28  2007 linc-7ba4-0-558d221130ffe
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 15  2007 linc-102b-0-17b261cba89c6
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 16  2007 linc-2f76-0-6a27fd8c85de3
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 18  2007 linc-1032-0-62e5f175d63f6
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 23  2007 linc-1013-0-29ad8e2052de5
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 23  2007 linc-1028-0-19e29c1413085
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 25  2007 linc-6452-0-7ca074ad1cb4b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 30  2007 linc-150-0-7d33b8d3ced1d
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 May 30  2007 linc-a3d-0-4dba57835a7e8
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun  1  2007 linc-10eb-0-75cea4b7f2bd6
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 10  2007 linc-138e-0-51924126844cd
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 10  2007 linc-1435-0-1fcd20591f75b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 19  2007 linc-2914-0-4323a3ad35807
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 20  2007 linc-4cbf-0-1026402018007
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 25  2007 linc-2649-0-65ff16b846914
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 26  2007 linc-4347-0-6944714429d50
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 28  2007 linc-20c0-0-520614a49795
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 29  2007 linc-40f0-0-5fc239d015884
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 29  2007 linc-4126-0-49cfe937f2180
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jun 29  2007 linc-4214-0-44f0e7aacfd26
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul  4  2007 linc-11a2-0-ed5fd132aa3
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul 16  2007 linc-286a-0-7f5bc6bdbcd53
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul 16  2007 linc-28d3-0-3de3c7dc4d3dc
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul 19  2007 linc-22ce-0-4d49bd7063d4c
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul 23  2007 linc-2d0d-0-1c77d82d54239
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul 23  2007 linc-fe7-0-69e0661c83e42
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jul 23  2007 linc-f9a-0-1f262242749b
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug  5  2007 linc-4b01-0-441065a988b84
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug  5  2007 linc-4af5-0-3a7b47cfd9315
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 20  2007 linc-1121-0-271a7406310e7
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 20  2007 linc-10dd-0-3951816bb8db4
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 21  2007 linc-112c-0-49364fd974068
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 24  2007 linc-1120-0-6a3e481821b66
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 24  2007 linc-10dd-0-601c743d8873d
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 24  2007 linc-14b1-0-515e5a274f3e6
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Aug 30  2007 linc-1117-0-354d368c47f63
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep  4  2007 linc-10f7-0-436241342f82f
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep  4  2007 linc-10d7-0-27366908d9a0e
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 17  2007 linc-1126-0-1de7e039ccfd4
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 17  2007 linc-10ec-0-edd81f75e054
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 18  2007 linc-2dde-0-38bc7743f331a
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 18  2007 linc-3150-0-23baec7582d33
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Sep 25  2007 linc-3065-0-22708c7479ba9
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct  8 08:37 linc-1258-0-70ff5d5867fb
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct  8 08:37 linc-1245-0-4e90cb18e1dcb
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 11 11:50 linc-7f87-0-2bca8f912b884
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 11 12:52 linc-1c7-0-e4389499222a
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 15 09:44 linc-112b-0-6e4163b970eb
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 15 09:44 linc-10ea-0-46a963fa8182a
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 22 08:55 linc-1128-0-ed178d575d60
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Oct 22 08:55 linc-10ed-0-53400d5defc36
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  1 00:00 linc-1066-0-12ff89f77efa
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  1 11:04 linc-2d36-0-508c561827822
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  1 11:06 linc-2db3-0-1435595023c8c
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  6 08:59 linc-3762-0-183c336caf5a1
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  8 22:20 linc-1bb0-0-31b70b95254dc
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov  8 22:28 linc-1c0a-0-6a05d07c50665
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Nov 14 13:43 linc-39de-0-5f78634e33a5
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 18 20:33 linc-6eb2-0-672f77f1ca4bd
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 21 11:13 linc-4b62-0-6d1b2a3a26391
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 28 14:50 linc-2f33-0-7e726ff31d76e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Dec 28 14:50 linc-2f71-0-3bd3429278eb2
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 10 14:03 linc-5793-0-39f8856752ba
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 11 09:10 linc-7550-0-39ea8a31ac1e2
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 11 13:59 linc-7dd7-0-68f09b442570
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 13 14:06 linc-56be-0-1eba1dc1bdebf
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 13 14:41 linc-5785-0-6c031718a11c2
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 16 10:14 linc-3cc1-0-385c82ab5f843
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 16 10:58 linc-3d53-0-1c0620e55e420
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 16 11:01 linc-3dbc-0-3174ac4ab089f
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 22 09:47 linc-15dc-0-6e83a31b8961
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 22 13:42 linc-1bda-0-4595c6bb7d370
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 23 10:38 linc-3db1-0-73b37a07b9ac0
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 23 10:39 linc-3de7-0-61b9075e807e1
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 24 16:44 linc-7120-0-63555b3ca07e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 24 16:44 linc-710d-0-56447e9d402ee
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 26 17:29 linc-367b-0-47a10e84e0b13
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Jan 28 15:40 linc-343a-0-31f41b733b768
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Feb  3 07:05 linc-3a62-0-5285453ba9e11
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Feb 17 14:55 linc-3752-0-1226437b8ed6b
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Feb 17 15:37 linc-3a42-0-6c7c65be662a4
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Feb 23 11:37 linc-76bd-0-447d5baed9ec4
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Feb 23 13:33 linc-7a9c-0-753cd2042cf93
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  7 06:07 linc-2ee6-0-209fc01a3ae8e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  7 06:08 linc-2f0d-0-482ccb2950b5e
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  7 06:11 linc-3030-0-3502cafbb101f
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  7 06:11 linc-3053-0-24221567c30f2
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar  7 06:21 linc-32d3-0-4db559d631296
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 12 13:45 linc-6658-0-3c63ffd2d3c3
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 12 13:48 linc-66fb-0-33c610aa99196
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 14 09:07 linc-2ea2-0-3c09af9b77b09
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 14 11:05 linc-317f-0-b3bb99718c64
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 17 16:44 linc-4f84-0-62709f2e710c5
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 17 16:47 linc-4fee-0-6e12980a89573
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 17 17:57 linc-5391-0-2110baa27abe1
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 18 11:57 linc-7306-0-223106a749966
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 18 11:59 linc-7339-0-59e4d949478ab
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 19 16:23 linc-19b2-0-1c1b1f3d12f
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 19 16:24 linc-19e2-0-3c9bc5c85700a
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 19 16:47 linc-1a64-0-36528cde631a5
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 19 16:48 linc-1a90-0-296363cdd6110
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 19 16:57 linc-1ac5-0-ba405a8b1a51
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 22 19:37 linc-7a58-0-357c6682cc5ce
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 24 10:39 linc-4b9b-0-3a0dbfbf14bf1
srwxr-xr-x  1 joe joe   0 Mar 25 14:52 linc-76f9-0-113cc65128507
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr  1 14:27 linc-255a-0-3162664233ec5
-rw-rw-r--  1 joe joe 661 Apr  2 12:00 bonobo-activation-server-ior
srwxrwxr-x  1 joe joe   0 Apr  2 12:20 linc-4ae1-0-172749612db7a




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