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tmpwatch not deleting folders and mp3 files in /tmp

I have a process which moves files from our EC2 server to s3, we're not sure why but it stores them in /tmp whilst moving them, but for some reason it also leaves them there once the process has ...
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preventing tmpwatch from clobbering archives that were “just” unpacked into /tmp

I have an application that unpacks an archive into /tmp, restoring the extracted files' modification and access times. Sometimes these files and the enclosing archive are many years old. After the ...
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tmpreaper, --protect and a non-root user

I'm a little confused. I have a download directory that I want to remove all files older then 30 days with tmpreaper. Just one problem, the directory in question is a separate partition with a ...
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Does Ubuntu Server have any sort of cron job to automatically clear /tmp?

I know it clears out /tmp on reboots, but I haven't been able to find any sort of cron job on my server that clears /tmp. I recently set up a script that writes lots of files to /tmp and my server ...
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Why are files being removed from /tmp?

I use centOS5, but these files of /tmp is deleted automatically when time passes. What kind of structure will this kill him in? In addition, How to stop this?