/var/preserve

[Scott Martin_7]

I can I remove all the files from this directory since they are out dated. Would this casue any issues with the system?

[DCE]

Scott,

These usually are interupted edit sessions. you should be able to delete them with no issue.

For more info, see the following thread...
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=438708

Dave

[Tim Nelson]

/var/preserve is the temp directory for all vi sessions in the event of a crash during edit.

remove files at will.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

No, this directory contains copies of files that were in use when vi crashed. As long as you know none of the will be needed, feel free to remove them.

[Hoang Chi Cong_1]

Hi Scott Martin

/var/preserve contains files that were opened with vi (and the like) that were open during a crash of your terminal session.
By issuing vi -r on the file being edited, the file in /var/preserve is used to do the changes that were not saved yet.
Thus, you can delete them without any trouble :)) to cleanup /var filesystem.

Also don't forget to assign point to everyone :)
Thanks and goodluck!
Hoang Chi Cong

[Sivakumar TS]

Dear Scott,

/var/preserve is the temporary home of files that have been preserved after an accidental death of a text editor like vi.

As long as you are sure about no files are required you can delete for sure.

With Regards,

Siva.

[Muthukumar_5]

Files in /var/preserve are old crashed editor files, usually from vi. Check the
date. If it is older than a week, remove them.

Note: If you want to recover that files then you have to be the owner of the file. see man vi for -r option.

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Muthu