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  • How can I configure that when it is cleaned? How can I create a child dir that path that is persistent but it's content can be removed? Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 14:31
  • You already identified how to configure it in your question. Commented Aug 15, 2020 at 12:13
  • /etc/default/periodic.conf ? Is there a manual page for this? Need more info before feeling conformable to change it. Commented Aug 17, 2020 at 12:39
  • Having worked as a sysadmin for a long time, I don't like the idea of a volatile /tmp as /tmp can have useful information, e.g. after a system crash or a security attack. Thus, I always make it a persistent directory and add housekeeping to it. Commented Nov 30, 2022 at 8:35