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[SOLVED] lots of files in the /var/tmp directory

PostPosted: Feb 15th, '14, 06:19
by nigelc
Hi,
Inside the the var/tmp dir there are lots of files:

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drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 20 21:27 systemd-private-4TxGHw/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep  9 14:07 systemd-private-4UUufi/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep 29 13:46 systemd-private-4xzPxA/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 20 20:16 systemd-private-4Yun3B/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 21 10:47 systemd-private-4ZEyqV/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 10  2013 systemd-private-57E84l/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 16:26 systemd-private-5AnOHt/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 14 09:14 systemd-private-5Fv16e/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 15 14:48 systemd-private-5gTNhG/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 26 23:16 systemd-private-5MAHC8/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 13:44 systemd-private-5oHODQ/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 20:28 systemd-private-5q0f7O/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 11:42 systemd-private-5ST9Js/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 17  2013 systemd-private-5T8e9s/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 19 10:03 systemd-private-5UbsCQ/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov  3 14:11 systemd-private-608EmB/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 10:07 systemd-private-6Bf3nY/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 16:56 systemd-private-6CEwkK/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep  5 11:12 systemd-private-6Cwiz2/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 14:08 systemd-private-6dNNNr/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jul 18  2013 systemd-private-6i8MJD/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Feb  1 11:01 systemd-private-6IzDSk/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 14 09:14 systemd-private-6LHpNI/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 24  2013 systemd-private-6lxOdO/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 20 08:03 systemd-private-6mrVHM/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan  7 19:55 systemd-private-6OpNxo/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov  4 10:56 systemd-private-6p2XCx/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 10:21 systemd-private-6PXFcV/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 28 13:51 systemd-private-6QPTn8/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 12 21:00 systemd-private-6rUEuC/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 28 13:40 systemd-private-6XTQB3/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov  6 10:05 systemd-private-6XYpT8/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 12:35 systemd-private-6ZZKRU/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan  6 11:11 systemd-private-71Nqsl/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 16:25 systemd-private-71z96w/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 29 10:29 systemd-private-7BmdXk/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 11:17 systemd-private-7D7z1V/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 26 15:34 systemd-private-7H8v6T/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 28 13:22 systemd-private-7jlGjG/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 16 09:49 systemd-private-7LAqqj/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep  1 14:00 systemd-private-7oVU0n/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov  1 10:17 systemd-private-7qhzxb/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 27 00:10 systemd-private-7qIgtE/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 18  2013 systemd-private-7qm5et/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep  3 16:40 systemd-private-7qU3PC/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 14:51 systemd-private-7r7nYB/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 14:35 systemd-private-7rc5dW/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 18 11:35 systemd-private-7rpb3E/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 23:27 systemd-private-7uiIQm/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 20 16:06 systemd-private-7y9uvv/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov  7 13:35 systemd-private-85e1PF/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 17  2013 systemd-private-88FL4U/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 18:08 systemd-private-8BuqKL/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jul 15  2013 systemd-private-8CWgWv/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 May 22  2013 systemd-private-8hCtUn/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 11:39 systemd-private-8iLh6U/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 17 23:27 systemd-private-8iPCGq/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov  9 10:59 systemd-private-8izz6g/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 28 13:52 systemd-private-8J1EWo/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 09:22 systemd-private-8nCQ5U/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 14:28 systemd-private-8nX008/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 13:08 systemd-private-8oZId3/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 May 24  2013 systemd-private-8qaUBC/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan  5 14:39 systemd-private-8sS23U/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 29 20:51 systemd-private-8uP2bA/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 24 16:32 systemd-private-8WrUpO/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 27 00:12 systemd-private-8WY3dU/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 14:05 systemd-private-8Yecr8/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 27 15:22 systemd-private-8yWCc5/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 17:03 systemd-private-8YXEHn/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 23 20:46 systemd-private-957Ril/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 15 13:50 systemd-private-997GAN/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 26  2013 systemd-private-99DKoG/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 16  2013 systemd-private-9eyN7v/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Sep 25 13:28 systemd-private-9fjihj/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 20 08:02 systemd-private-9Gi8qL/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 26 09:13 systemd-private-9I5RNq/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Oct 10 10:33 systemd-private-9JLxiY/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 11:51 systemd-private-9mHc2x/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 15:21 systemd-private-9nUT5Y/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 22 15:13 systemd-private-9Q8KqI/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 28 13:38 systemd-private-9r3z8X/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan  6 11:11 systemd-private-9u0dL0/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 16 15:03 systemd-private-9yfgZa/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 16:57 systemd-private-9YJTnh/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 13:45 systemd-private-9zs5TT/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Feb  3 13:46 systemd-private-A1w06S/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 17:10 systemd-private-a2DVJH/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 14:51 systemd-private-A6FPcF/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 23 10:20 systemd-private-A9tJeY/

an so on...
Can these be deleted?
They are using over 4megs.

Re: lots of files in the /var/tmp directory

PostPosted: Feb 15th, '14, 21:28
by doktor5000
Well, depending how long that machine has been running, not all can be cleaned.

See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features ... PrivateTmp about this in general, and about cleanup there's already a thread: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5195

To check which are empty you can run this:

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find /var/tmp/ -name "systemd-private*" -type d -empty


To delete them simply add -delete at the end.

Re: lots of files in the /var/tmp directory

PostPosted: Feb 16th, '14, 01:46
by nigelc
The "Non-empty" directories all contain another dir called tmp which is also empty.
Some files had been there since September.
Thanks Doktor5000.