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We get lots of files in our /tmp directories that look like this:

-rw-r-----   1 dudadm   printq        75 Jan  4 11:30 rembakjT8hqa

Contents are similar to:

Hnldud63
Pdudadm
ldfA516nldud63
UdfA516nldud63
N/var/tmp/piorlfb_197474

It obviously has to do with printing. My question is: why do they exist? Why
are they not deleted? How can I encourage the AIX box not to leave them
around? To give an impression:

$ ls -1 /tmp/rembak* | wc -l
/bin/ksh: /usr/bin/ls: arg list too long
       0
63$ ls -1 /tmp | grep rembak | wc -l
    4830

Number varies, on some other systems it's zero.
It's been worse in the past, as can be seen from:

63$ ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt  17 bin      bin       740864 Jan  7 09:28 /tmp

All tips appreciated, TIA,

Alex.

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        Leszek Leszczynski

APAR NUMBER: IX88690 RESOLVED AS: PROGRAM ERROR

ABSTRACT:
IX88690: TEMPORARY CONTROL FILES NOT CLEANED UP IN ERROR SITUATIONS

ORIGINATING DETAILS:
rembak may fail to clean up temporary control files in /tmp
in some circumstances. This can cause /tmp to fill up.

LOCAL FIX AS REPORTED BY ORIGINATOR:
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RESPONDER SUMMARY:
rembak may fail to clean up temporary control files in /tmp
in some circumstances. This can cause /tmp to fill up.

RESPONDER CONCLUSION:
rembak is fixed so temporary control files are cleaned up from /tmp

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Quote:> We get lots of files in our /tmp directories that look like this:

> -rw-r-----   1 dudadm   printq        75 Jan  4 11:30 rembakjT8hqa

> Contents are similar to:

> Hnldud63
> Pdudadm
> ldfA516nldud63
> UdfA516nldud63
> N/var/tmp/piorlfb_197474

> It obviously has to do with printing. My question is: why do they exist?
Why
> are they not deleted? How can I encourage the AIX box not to leave them
> around? To give an impression:

> $ ls -1 /tmp/rembak* | wc -l
> /bin/ksh: /usr/bin/ls: arg list too long
>        0
> 63$ ls -1 /tmp | grep rembak | wc -l
>     4830

> Number varies, on some other systems it's zero.
> It's been worse in the past, as can be seen from:

> 63$ ls -ld /tmp
> drwxrwxrwt  17 bin      bin       740864 Jan  7 09:28 /tmp

> All tips appreciated, TIA,

> Alex.