Re: /tmp filled up

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Fri, 05 Jun 1998 13:21:43 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

schaechl@bigfoot.com wrote: > > # DBSPACETEMP: > # OnLine equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of dbspaces > # that the OnLine SQL Engine will use to create temp tables etc. > # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist > # when the OnLine system is brought online. If not specified, or if > # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will create > # temporary files in /tmp instead. > > Dear all! > > I stumbled over the above statement after checking for reasons > why /tmp filled up on our server machine (UNIX). Does anybody know > if one may delete the *tmp-files on a regular basis or does the Informix- > server still need them? Any files not currently opened are no longer needed if they are owned by informix. Most versions of UNIX supply a utility called /etc/fuser which will list the pids that currently have a named file open. Art S. Kagel