topic Re: /var full in Operating System - HP-UX

/var full

Prashanth Waugh — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:36:01 GMT

hi friends
on my server /var is 100%(full).so i serch the the files and dirctory in /var/adm it is found that /var/adm/wtmp and /var/adm/utmp consumed more space .so can i empty this file wtmp and utmp
pls thanks in advance.

Re: /var full

Noble Sebastian — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:50:39 GMT

hi
You can empty this file
This is for system startup ,details
this file is more space using
you can do
>wtmp
>utmp

Regards
Noble

Re: /var full

Prashanth Waugh — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:25:59 GMT

On this system users are logged in now.
Can i still execute the command

>wtmp
>utmp

Re: /var full

gr8 — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:33:49 GMT

yes you can

Re: /var full

Prashanth Waugh — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:41:47 GMT

Thanks Noble and gr8 .problem is solved.

thanks again for ur quick response.

cheers!

Re: /var full

Yogeeraj_1 — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:44:28 GMT

hi,

you can also go into SAM-> Routine Tasks -> System Log Files ->

and selectively purge/trim the system log files.

You may also purge temporary files in /var/tmp/

do get the size of the /var/tmp, you can run:
du -sk /var/tmp

or find the huge files by running:
ls -lR|sort +4 -5nr|more

hope this helps too!
kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: /var full

Jollyjet — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:05:12 GMT

check any core files are there

Re: /var full

Bill Hassell — Thu, 31 May 2007 06:55:22 GMT

/var will ALWAYS fill up unless you regularly inspect the directories for growth. Don't look for large files!! Instead, look for large directories, then look inside the directory for what is causing the large directory. To find the large directories:

du -kx /var | sort -rn | head -20

This list will sort the largest directories to the top. Then use:

ll /var/some_large_directory | sort -rnk5 | heada -20

to find large files by sorting the big ones to the top of the list. You can apply these commands to any mountpoint.

Re: /var full

Prashanth Waugh — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:24:05 GMT

Thanks Bill,Yogeeraj and jollyiet for ur valuable suggestion