What are the /var/tmp/o/s#xxxxx files ?

From: Guy Dallaire <spam-sux-gdallair_at_criq.qc.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:55:46 GMT
Message-ID: <35489090.8216954@news.risq.qc.ca>

A lot of those files belonging to oracle are lying there. What are they used for, and why don't they disapear when the DB instances go down ? Some are VERY OUTDATED.

I don't want to remove them while my DB instances are running because I fear a crash. When can I safely remove them or how can I identify those that I can already remove. I presume that in the s#xxxxx, the xxx represents some PID. Those are fifo (pipes) files and they don't use disak space, but there are a lot of them and they're eating i-nodes I presume.

We run Solaris 2.4 and Oracle 7.3.x + An old 7.1.6 for the financials.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Thanks

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