NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/sys/sun/apps/3061

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From: [e-mail] (George C. Hawkins)
Subject: Large hvtmp files left in /tmp?
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Some program here keeps on leaving behind a large (greater than
0.5Mb) file called hvtmpBAAa06214 (letters after hvtmp appear to
be random) in /tmp on the Sun IPXs here. Whatever's doing it is
doing something seriously strange as the date on these files is
always Sep 18 1991. If a couple of these files build up in /tmp
the root filesystem becomes full (only 8Mb if assigned to /). As
the machines are used by many different people the files invariably
belong to someone other than yourself and the only way to rescue
the machine is to reboot the machine (L1-A) if you're not root,
which will clear /tmp. I searched the binaries on the machines and
found that in helpviewer in /usr/openwin/bin contains the null
terminated string "hvtmp". So I suspect it might be this program.
Anyone else had this problem, if so do you know how to fix it
(remove helpviewer)?

If it's of importance the Suns are running SunOS 4.1.2 and
OpenWindows 3 (or X11R5).

Thanks for your time,


George.

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