I know how to remove them. It is just a pain when they get up into the millions.
On 03/11/2015 03:18 PM, John Abreau wrote: > Argument list too long? Tri find(1): > > find /tmp -type d -name pulse\* -mtime +1 -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf > > If a granularity of a day is too large: > > touch -d '5 minutes ago' foo && \ > find /tmp -type d -name pulse\* -newer foo -print0 | xargs -0 rm > -rf && \ > rm -f foo > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org > <mailto:g...@blu.org>> wrote: > > I have not been able to find a satisfactory answer online yet. > > The /tmp directory fills up with many pulse directories such as > 'pulse-zZRmb3xqyy69' > > I have removed all pulseadio packages except > pulseaudio-gdm-hooks.x86_64 > 0:0.9.21-17.el6 that is needed for gdm, but the directories are still > being created. > > The problem is that while these directories are empty, they take up an > inode slot and eventually cause file system full messages. They > are hard > to remove because when there are too many of them they cannot be > removed > from the command line directory. I just do a remove of /tmp, and > recreate /tmp > > it tends to occur for users logged in whether they come in from > ssh, or > from VNC when a vnc server is running for a specific user. (I leave a > vncserver up for each member of the team). In the 20 minutes since I > cleaned them all out there are over 3000 with only 10 vncservers > running > and only 1 active user, me > > I could set up a daily cron just to remove these directories but > that is > only a workaround > > > -- > Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org <mailto:g...@blu.org>> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id:B7F14F2F > PGP Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 > 4F2F > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org <mailto:Discuss@blu.org> > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email: abre...@gmail.com <mailto:abre...@gmail.com> / WWW > http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 > -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:B7F14F2F PGP Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss