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Operating Systems AIX what is creating the files in /tmp Post 302259028 by bakunin on Monday 17th of November 2008 04:26:25 AM

11-17-2008

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Originally Posted by mbak

I'm afraid of deleting that might be related to some application/OS

Now the following has nothing to do with the problem directly, but:

Whatever is placed in /tmp is supposed to br deleted after some time (usually 24 hours). This is what /tmp is for.

Many systems have automatic deletion of the contents of /tmp based on this rule (created more than 24h ago) and whoever puts data in /tmp should be aware that such a rule might be in place. If someone loses valuable data because placing it in /tmp and nowhere else its his fault, not the fault of the systems administrator keeping the machine clean. Its like throwing away some valuable paper on the street and then complaining about the street-cleaning doing its job because it isn't there any more a week later.

You might want to educate your users better.

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