cleanup /var/adm/sw/save

[kholikt]

My /var is almost full, I noticed that all the space was used by /var/adm/sw/save. I try to use the cleanup -c 1 command but I think -c is not a valid command. I am running HPUX 11.00

### Cleanup program started at 09/02/05 13:56:44
usage: /usr/sbin/cleanup [-p|-n] -i
/usr/sbin/cleanup [-p|-n] -d

-p : Preview Mode - Report patches that should be removed
but do not actually remove them.
-n : Notify Mode - Prompt the user before removing any
patches.
-i : IPD cleanup - Remove 10.X patch information from the
Installed Product Database and the
/var/adm/sw/patch directory that remain
after a 10.X-to-11.X update.
-d : Depot cleanup - Remove patches from the depot that have
been superseded by newer patches also
available in the same depot.
### Cleanup program completed at 09/02/05 13:56:44

[Muthukumar_5]

cleanup with -c is supported in 11.11. Man cleanup of 11.11 says for -c option as,

-c
Commit patches superseded at least times.
This option is a front-end to the 'patch_commit'
option of swmodify(1M) that provides an easier
interface to commit multiple patches at once.

Use swmodify with patch_commit.

hth.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

Another approach to this problem is to find the biggest space offender
du /var -x -ka | sort -nr | more

This will provide a list of files in size ascending order.

Another interesting guide which may be old, but the explanation of how committing patches affects the system still holds true is found at:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/pdf/5967-3577.pdf

hope this helps too!

regards
yogeeraj

[Geoff Wild]

Try this:

cd /var/adm/sw/save

swmodify -x patch_commit=true *

That will commit all patches...

Rgds...Geoff

[Florian Heigl (new acc)]

You don't need -c in 11.00, simply call cleanup 1 :)

[Cem Tugrul]

Just write;

#cleanup -c 1
OR
# swmodify -x patch_commit=true \*\.*

Good Luck,