/vat/tmp dirrectory on HP-UX

[Sharad Kowarkar]

Hello, I am 4 months old HP-UX system administrator. My question is "Can I delete everything inder /var/tmp?" Since HP-UX documentation says that files under this directory are generated in the /usr hierarchy. And its name itself says that it is a tmp directory.

[Bill McNAMARA_1 · Accepted solution]

Some of the files may be in use, in which case no, you just won't be allowed.. but normally yes, theres no probem.

You should probably have a look at the setting cleartmps in /etc/rc.config.d/ and configure to have it deleted on reboot.

Later,
Bill

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

In most cases this would prove not to be
a problem. You may find that some of
these files may in fact still be in use by
various processes. To be on the safe side
you can safely remove any file in /var/tmp
that is older than your last system boot.

HTH
-Michael

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Have a look here for a cron script that'll help you keep tmp dirs under control:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x1eab14a24fd1d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Later,
Bill

[Magdi KAMAL]

Hi Sharad,

I would prefer that you leave it if it is not huge and causing a serious problem ( like /var file system is 99 %full ). These files could be in use by process and when deleted, these process could crash and would NOT start again ! ( they lose their status ).

You may find sockets, DCE, TCP files in there.

I would prefer to leave them without deleting.

Magdi