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Subject: /usr/bin/updatedb: sets TMPDIR to /var/tmp/ for sort's buffers
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Package: findutils
Version: 4.1.20-6
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File: /usr/bin/updatedb
Hi
We had a problem today on one system where /var would be full every
night. We figured out that /var/tmp/ was full with hundreds of megabytes
of files with names like 'sortXb87kd'. Some inspection led me to the
assumption that those are buffer files from sort, which it places in
TMPDIR, which is set to /var/tmp/ here:
------/usr/bin/updatedb
# Directory to hold intermediate files.
if test -d /var/tmp; then
: ${TMPDIR=/var/tmp}
elif test -d /usr/tmp; then
: ${TMPDIR=/usr/tmp}
else
: ${TMPDIR=/tmp}
fi
export TMPDIR
--------
Since those are absolutely temporary files, and can grow quite large on
systems with many files, I suggest to prefer /tmp over /var/tmp or to
reset TMPDIR to /tmp when calling sort.
Overflowing /var is bad enough, but when it happens like this it can be
pretty hard to track down and will lead to bizarre malfunctions.
HTH, 2ri
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Subject: Re: [bug #13774] Why is updatedb prefering /var/tmp over /tmp for
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On 2005-07-13 anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #3, bug #13774 (project findutils):
> Ok, I see the wisdom in this. Maybe this wisdom could be integrated into the
> FHS as well.
> The combination of millions of hardlinks with long names created by
> storebackup and a not _that_ large /var/ partition where numerous other tasks
> where working in led to the problems.
> Resolved here by setting TMPDIR to /tmp/ and adding the backups to PRUNEPATH
> (storebackup has it's own find tool which works on the filelists which it
> maintains anyway).
> I consider this issue closed, thanks.
Ok. Closing the debian bug, too.
cu andras
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