There are other directories such as logs that get filled up too. Those also have to be properly backed up & deleted, and common way people do it is through a cron job.
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Shavantha Weerasinghe <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Azeez > > Thanks for the explanation, as per the clients query we could then > recomend a cron job as an effivient way to clear the tmp directory. This > should then help ensure that the tmp directory doesnt get filled as they say > > Regards,shavantha > On May 24, 2014 9:22 AM, "Afkham Azeez" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The tmp directory is related to java.io.tmpdir variable. Generally the >> stuff in that directory is needed throughout the lifetime of the server, >> and deleting stuff in that directory could cause certain things to fail. >> The HouseKeeping task only cleans up stuff in the work directory, and it is >> only the WSO2 code that places stuff in that directory, and the assumption >> is, that those stuff are not needed for more than 30minutes from the time >> of creation. So, it is not recommended for HK to delete stuff in the tmp >> dir. Some of the files created in tmp are deleteOnExit type of files, so >> when the JVM shuts down, they will be deleted. For other stuff, the user >> has to manually clear them or run a cron job to clear them. >> >> >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shavantha Weerasinghe < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> What is the recommended way to clear the /tmp directory. Is it >>> recommended to reset the path from >>> WorkDirectory>${carbon.home}/tmp/work</WorkDirectory> To >>> WorkDirectory>${carbon.home}/tmp</WorkDirectory> to clear the temp directory >>> >>> Regards,Shavantha >>> >>> Shavantha Weerasinghe >>> Senior Software Engineer QA >>> WSO2, Inc. >>> lean.enterprise.middleware. >>> http://wso2.com >>> http://wso2.org >>> Tel : 94 11 214 5345 >>> Fax :94 11 2145300 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Manoj Kumara <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> The problem was as in [1] the temp files on CARBON_HOME/tmp location >>>> keep grow and not get cleaned. To clean them using the housekeeping task I >>>> set the WorkDirectory to CARBON_HOME/tmp. >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON-11926 >>>> >>>> Best Regards.. >>>> >>>> >>>> Manoj Kumara >>>> Software Engineer >>>> WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>> >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/ManKuma >>>> Mobile: +94713448188 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Manoj Kumara <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Azeez, >>>>> >>>>> As you mentioned the approach addressed here seems to be problematic. >>>>> Can you please advice on this. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Manoj >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards.. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Manoj Kumara >>>>> Software Engineer >>>>> WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>>> >>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/ManKuma >>>>> Mobile: +94713448188 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Eranda Sooriyabandara < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> HI All, >>>>>> G-Reg using the tmp for keeping the zip/gar extracted files until it >>>>>> added to the database. AFAIK there is no usage of tmp/work. >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks >>>>>> Eranda >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Sameera Jayasoma >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> We also set the following system property in the >>>>>>> wso2server.sh/batfiles. IMHO WorkDirectory element in the carbon.xml >>>>>>> is a redundant >>>>>>> element. We should get rid of it if there are no objections. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Djava.io.tmpdir="$CARBON_HOME/tmp" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Sameera. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Manoj Kumara <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When observing on Carbon-JIRA issue [1] I observed that currently >>>>>>>> on carbon.xml the work directory for house keeping task is set as , >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <WorkDirectory>${carbon.home}/tmp/work</WorkDirectory> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But currently our temp files are created inside CARBON_HOME/tmp >>>>>>>> directory and these files will not be cleaned during the clean-up >>>>>>>> process. >>>>>>>> The idea is to set workerDirectory to CARBON_HOME/tmp. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Appreciate your guidance. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [1] https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON-11926 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best Regards.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Manoj Kumara >>>>>>>> Software Engineer >>>>>>>> WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/ManKuma >>>>>>>> Mobile: +94713448188 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Sameera Jayasoma, >>>>>>> Architect, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> WSO2, Inc. 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