/tmp - rogue directories

[BOB BARBA]

I have noticed that I am getting a build up of directories within the /tmp directory. They are all prefixed curr. - then they have a similar format suffix.

An example is:

curr.AAAa29909:
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 k_martin dba 159 Nov 16 15:25 .!dtdesktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 k_martin dba 437 Nov 16 15:25 dt.resources
-rw-r--r-- 1 k_martin dba 146 Nov 16 15:25 dt.settings
-rw-r----- 1 k_martin dba 466 Nov 16 15:25 dta21151
-rw-r----- 1 k_martin dba 323 Nov 16 15:25 dta21154
-rw-r----- 1 k_martin dba 246 Nov 16 15:25 dta21158
-rw-rw---- 1 k_martin dba 2030 Nov 15 15:07 dtfile.fmgr
-rw-r--r-- 1 k_martin dba 1688 Nov 16 15:25 dtsession.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 k_martin dba 1445 Nov 16 15:25 dtwm.db

I believe that they are related to ReflectionX sessions that may not have closed down gracefully but I am not sure.

1. Am I okay to remove the directories which were created earlier than today?
2. Is there any way I can prevent these 'redundant'directories from being left on the system in the future.

Many thanks ............. Bob

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
As far as i know these are files left from
dead connections. If they are older than one day, remove them.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell · Accepted solution]

Hi

I run this script from cron once a day. It clears down the dirs.

------------------cut here-----------------
# Clear /tmp files and dirs unused for over 7 days
find /tmp -type f -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;
find /tmp -type d -atime +7 -exec rmdir {} \;

# Clear /var/tmp files and dirs unused for over 7 days
find /var/tmp -type f -atime +7 -exec rm {} \;
find /var/tmp -type d -atime +7 -exec rmdir {} \;

-------------------cut here--------------------

Anything older that 7 days is cleaned out.

HTH

Paula

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Hi Bob,

You can delete the old files.
The clean tmp parameter can be activated to clean up files in your /tmp from /etc/rc.config.d/clean_tmps file. Set the parameter CLEAR_TMP=1.
This will clear out files from /tmp at next system boot.