Well, you should identify the processes that are leaving files there and fix them. In my experience, it was lazy programming that contributed the bulk of files.
In the UNIX world, where I admin'd many many years ago, it was in the startup script to clear /tmp. I wanted to do that on our IBM I at my last employer but wasn't in a position to make that call.
I did make it a point to regularly check /tmp and clear out what I could though. It rarely got over 100 or so files/folders while I was there. I shudder to think what it is now, 2 years after I retired - even though I made them aware of it and suggested an automation to keep it in check.
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L
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Subject: Who clears /tmp regularly
I was trying to provide some files to IBM on a machine we don't regularly
look after.
The files were in /tmp
There were over 1 million files in /tmp and it seems you can only enter a
filter after the list has been built.
Just curious if you regularly clear this directory or if you have tools to
regularly clean up old files or some other approach ?
Cheers
Don
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