SUMMARY: What's the purpose of /var/preserve dir????

From: German, Vinnie (VGerman@nomurany.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 11:28:16 CST


Special thanks to Larry Garret for his fast response:

> "German, Vinnie" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > My servers do have a directory called /var/preserve under
> > which there are some data files which start like this:
> >
> > Exaa????????
> >
> > My believe is that I don't need these files and that I can get rid off
> them
> > some of those are 23MegBytes. Was the purpose of this directory ?
> > and where are these file located under /var/preserve coming from?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
> >
> > Vinnie. << File: Card for Larry Garrett >>
>
        ANSWER:

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Larry Garrett [SMTP:Larry_Garrett@csx.com]
        Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 12:23 PM
        To: German, Vinnie
        Subject: Re: What's the purpose of /var/preserve dir????

        These are old crashed editor files, usually from vi. Check the
date. If it is
        older than a week, remove them.



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