How to automatically clear /tmp at shutdown

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Issue

  • How can /tmp be automatically cleared at every shutdown or between reboots?
  • Files are not being removed from /tmp after a reboot cycle. Isn't /tmp supposed to be cleared after every shutdown?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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