topic Re: How to clear "crout" files in /var/spool/cron/tmp in Operating System - HP-UX

How to clear "crout" files in /var/spool/cron/tmp

NDO — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:19:44 GMT

Hi all

/var is filling up because there are some big files in /var/spool/cron/tmp, and these files (crout) have "ftp connection time out" on it. Can I remove those crout files using the "rm" command? Or do I have to investigate which cron entry is causing the ftp message to pop out?

Re: How to clear "crout" files in /var/spool/cron/tmp

Dennis Handly — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:37:38 GMT

>Can I remove those crout files using the "rm" command?

Only after you kill the job. Otherwise the file won't be removed.

Is the PID encoded in the crout* filename?

>Or do I have to investigate which cron entry is causing the ftp message to pop out?

That too.