/var/tmp

[Stuart Powell]

What sort of files get put in this directory? I need to open up some file system space in /var, and I've found some old files. The owners are various, but I'm not sure what if anything is essential.
Any help would be appreciated.

[Kevin Wright · Accepted solution]

system files are put here, like when you use vi for example, it creates a tmp file in this dir. It is safe to delete files in here that have not been accessed for a few days or so, and you may wish to clean out /tmp and /var/tmp on reboots.
find /var/tmp -atime +7 |xargs rm

[V. V. Ravi Kumar_1]

hi,

see this link.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x442618276953d61190040090279cd0f9,00.html

hope this helps

ravi

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Stuart:

'/var/tmp' is used as temporary filesystem space by 'sort' and by the SD utilities ('swinstall', etc.) among others.

You can optionally cause this directory to be emptied during startup. See the 'clean_tmps' script in /sbin/rc2.d/ and the driving configuration file '/etc/rc.config.d/clean_tmps'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Stuart

Also the application and database use it as a scratch pad , so incase you want to empty it please be careful as it will bring down oracle if running , the best way is to cleant it during boot or cron it to do so when the apps and database are down.

Manoj Srivastava

[PIYUSH D. PATEL]

Hi,

Be careful while removing the files in it since the users which may have opened a file may have a tmp file associated in this dir and it may create problems for him. Best way is to remove when the users are not using the system and the databse is also down.

You can even put a script during the system startup to remove the /var/tmp files.

Piyush