HPux 10.20 how are the files in /var/preserve configured

[Frank de Vries]

We have some files in /var/preserve
They seem to have been generated by the kernel,
but inside they have data.

How can we re-configure this ?
It is filling up our var, and we do not see
the point of receiving this files.

rw------- 1 root sys 49152 Jun 2 2005 Exaaa25281
-rw------- 1 autoprep users 49152 Oct 22 2004 Exaaa25412
-rw------- 1 infas apps 90112 May 28 2004 Exaaa27576
-rw------- 1 rvs root 6981988 Dec 19 2004 Exaab00354
-rw------- 1 rvs root 49152 Oct 8 2005 Exaab00363
-rw------- 1 rvs root 10504248 Aug 7 2006 Exaab00394
-rw------- 1 rvs root 6645292 Dec 19 2004 Exaac00354
[root@oradb1:]/var/preserve<>>>

[root@oradb1:]/var/preserve<>>> bdf .
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol7 380928 236044 136391 63% /var
[root@oradb1:]/var/preserve<>>> uname -a
HP-UX oradb1 B.10.20 A 9000/800 1179868382 two-user license
[root@oradb1:]/var/preserve<>>>

Can anyone shed some light on this issue.
Thanks

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

These are 'vi' recovery files. They can be deleted.

The names are generated as unique ones using the 'tmpnam()' or 'mktemp()' library function.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Frank de Vries]

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[Dennis Handly]

As JRF says, these are ex/vi recovery files. Typically if you reboot, the owner of the file should get a mail message saying you can recover these with "vi -r filename".

At that time if the content isn't wanted, you can use :q! to remove them.