Re: pruning files

In article <1147869520.806892.284480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert
Hicks wrote:
I have a bunch of daaa* and baaa* files in /var/tmp that are old (as in
2003). Can I safely remove these?

Also I have a file called "index" that is rather large. Can I zero that
out with "> index" without hurting anything?

It depends :)

Are you sure they aren't used? Assuming your system has been rebooted after the
mod time of these files, you are probably safe. You might also want to use
fuser and/or lsof to make sure they aren't open if there are more recent than
the last reboot...

Kevin

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