Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
Problem: /tmp is growing unlimited. Most of the files taken the space
are img.out.XX (XX= numbers). There is also audio.pcm of 1.6 GB but it
is only one. /temp is now 22 GB. The system is almost unusable.
Ref: opensuse 10.3 64b / compiz-fusion /amd fx-55 /nvidia 8800. I run
all the updates as they become available.
Q1: what are those img.out files?
Q2: do I have a virus?
Q3: Any direction where should I go?
Thxs,
-=terry(Denver)=-
1. What is your current status with ICE?
2. You can safely remove ALL files in /tmp right now,
this very instant.
Any process which is currently using a file in /tmp will
continue to hold it open, and has a "file handle" for
the file(s) it needs. With this file handle still "open",
the file NAME will be removed from whatever directory it
is in, but its space will not be de-allocated until the
process holding the handle closes the file.
As long as the process keeps the file open, it can
continue to do input/output on the file, until it
closes the file.
3: Note, your problem is one reason why I specifically put
/tmp on its own partition -- I personally don't like all
of that disk activity on the same filesystem (partition)
as the root filesystem, which holds the core of the
operating system.
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