We need to find out the usages of the java.io.tmpdir and work directory.
Then we can analyze the usages to see who is storing non-tmp data.

Thanks,
Sameera.


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Manoj Kumara <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> But even with a cron job it is bit complected to distinguish what are
> needed and what is not. The main reason for this is some application level
> content get created inside temp directory instead of using a work directory
> to save them.
>
> Thanks,
> Manoj
>
>
> *Manoj Kumara*
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> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 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
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>>> 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
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 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
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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