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2011-02-11
HP-UX noob warning about /var/adm/sw/save
If /var is full or nearly full on any HP-UX systems, do not remove anything from the directory /var/adm/sw/save using rm. The only appropriate method of freeing space from this particular directory is:
# cleanup -c 1
And reply y to the prompt.
I have no idea why, I'm just blindly following an HP-UX coworker's advice. If you want to know more, then man cleanup, obviously.
the cleanup command removes patch files from /var/adm/sw/save that have been superseded by the 'n' patches where n is the number after the '-c'. Note that running this command removes files from /var/adm/sw/save and without these files patches cannot be removed (with swremove) later. So backup the contents of the /var/adm/sw/save directory first!
the cleanup command removes patch files from /var/adm/sw/save that have been superseded by
ReplyDeletethe 'n' patches where n is the number after the
'-c'. Note that running this command removes
files from /var/adm/sw/save and without these files patches cannot be removed (with swremove) later. So backup the contents of the /var/adm/sw/save directory first!