.nfs files in /var/tmp

[Jim Lewis_8]

Systems: B2600 & B180
Unix OS: 10.20

Looks like the mail program is dumping .nfs files in my /var/tmp directory. I have /var/mail mounted across many workstations as well as /var/tmp. I don't know if it is one workstation or all, but they are writing the .nfs files every minute or so. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you for your support.

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

In an NFS environment you will always have these files.
They should be cleaned after use !
If there are a lot of old files you can remove them safely.

See if they come again, and if so, I would check syslog for nfs related messages, and check the latest nfs patches as well.

Most of the time it's a timing issue.

C.

[S.K. Chan]

These files should disappear after some time (after the NFS mount expires). If you see older .nfsxx files still hanging around, you need to have this patch installed to resolve the problem .. (just read the description of the patch for this symptom)..

PHKL_23173 (for s700 10.20)
PHKL_23174 (for s800 10.20)

[S.K. Chan]

quote .. (from the patch)

The buffer cache was inadvertently keeping a hold on vnodes which had the side effect of preventing unlinked files from going inactive, which for NFS would mean leaving .nfsXXX files around.

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