Re: prunefs/paths on AIX

2023-04-14 Thread AIXperts Consultancy ltd.
Good afternoon, > Is the locatedb so huge, or are there some pseudo paths like /sys or > (undetected?) recursive mounts involved? Apologies, prunepaths does work, some numbers below. This system has about 3 million files on it: locatedb = 73MB sort files at peak = ~600MB If I exclude a files

Re: prunefs/paths on AIX

2023-04-12 Thread James Youngman
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:22 PM AIXperts Consultancy ltd. wrote: > > > Good morning, > > We have a problem with running updatedb on AIX filling up either /var or > /tmp. This seems to come from sort generating temporary files, but it > does not appear to be a problem on Linux. The updatedb progra

Re: prunefs/paths on AIX

2023-04-12 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 4/12/23 09:59, AIXperts Consultancy ltd. wrote: Good morning, We have a problem with running updatedb on AIX filling up either /var or /tmp. This seems to come from sort generating temporary files, but it does not appear to be a problem on Linux. I have scrutinised sort but cannot explain the

prunefs/paths on AIX

2023-04-12 Thread AIXperts Consultancy ltd.
Good morning, We have a problem with running updatedb on AIX filling up either /var or /tmp. This seems to come from sort generating temporary files, but it does not appear to be a problem on Linux. I have scrutinised sort but cannot explain the difference in it's default option form. However,