Explanation for Informix generated (temporary) files
Greetings, A client of ours running Universal Server (9.14) on a SUN machine with Solaris 2.6 is complaining that the server fills his /tmp partition - causing the computer to crash - with the following files (partial list supplied): -rw------- 1 root informix 40960 Nov 4 15:09 bui0011380_004 -rw------- 1 root informix 8192 Nov 4 15:04 pro0011365_009 There are many of these files in /tmp. All file names begin with either 'bui' or 'pro' but the numbers are different. As I have no access to the client's machine, I can't do much investigation - I only have the list of files that he sent me by eMail. My questions are: 1. What are these files? 2. What are they used for? 3. Who creates them and when? 4. What can I do to prevent /tmp from filling up? Many thanks (in advance) for any assistance received. Avi. -- /\\ \\ /| Avi Abrami, Analyst/Programmer, Telegate Ltd. /__\\ \\ / | 7 Haplada Street, Or-Yehuda, ISRAEL / \\ \\/ | Phone:+972-3-5388717 Fax:+972-3-5335877 eMail:avia@telegate.co.il
In article <38294558.A70CFBF@telegate.co.il>, Avi Abrami <avia@telegate.co.il> wrote: > Greetings, > A client of ours running Universal Server (9.14) > on a SUN machine with Solaris 2.6 is complaining > that the server fills his /tmp partition - > causing the computer to crash - with the following > files (partial list supplied): > > -rw------- 1 root informix 40960 Nov 4 15:09 bui0011380_004 > -rw------- 1 root informix 8192 Nov 4 15:04 pro0011365_009 > > There are many of these files in /tmp. All file names begin > with either 'bui' or 'pro' but the numbers are different. > > As I have no access to the client's machine, I can't do > much investigation - I only have the list of files that > he sent me by eMail. > > My questions are: > > 1. What are these files? > 2. What are they used for? > 3. Who creates them and when? > 4. What can I do to prevent /tmp from filling up? > > Many thanks (in advance) for any assistance received. > > Avi. > -- > /\\ \\ /| Avi Abrami, Analyst/Programmer, Telegate Ltd. > /__\\ \\ / | 7 Haplada Street, Or-Yehuda, ISRAEL > / \\ \\/ | Phone:+972-3-5388717 Fax:+972-3-5335877 > eMail:avia@telegate.co.il > I can't say for certain, but I would think that these files are created because either 1) there isn't enough space in temp dbspaces to do the operations they're trying to do, or 2) they don't have any temp dbspaces at all, or 3) they have temp dbspaces but they aren't referenced in the config file. I don't know of any other time that informix would use files in /tmp other than if it ran out of space to sort in temp dbspaces. -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.