Clean tmp folder from my linux server

25DORIS · #1 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 03:06

Hello,
My tmp folder taking up much more disk space. I want to clean the content of tmp folder from my Linux server. What can I do for that?

77wmaster · #2 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 03:27

At first you have to check that now what is present in the in the /tmp partition. You can clean the session files on the server from the /tmp partition. The ones starting with sess_ OR session.

Is there any way you can let us know as to what is currently present in the /tmp partition ?

25DORIS · #3 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 03:51

I don't have any clear idea about the content of tmp folder but I want to delete full content. The reason is that it's no use.

WebMaster · #4 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 04:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by 25DORIS

Hello,
My tmp folder taking up much more disk space. I want to clean the content of tmp folder from my Linux server. What can I do for that?

No, you can't delete all the things exist in your tmp folder. You require to keep things such as mysql.sock.

You can delete all sess files from the /tmp folder with :

Quote:

# cd /tmp

# rm -rf sess_*

debasri · #5 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 04:29

You can also find what is so big which is utilizing disk space and delete that files

Quote:

#cd /tmp
# ls -lhS

Also, if you have eAccelerator software installed on your server then you require to clear the cache. You can do that by simply removing the eaccelerator files in "/tmp/eaccelerator".

25DORIS · #6 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 04:36

Thank you wmaster, webmaster and debasri for describing in detail. I was about to delete full content of tmp folder.

Thank you guys for helping me!!!

77wmaster · #7 (**permalink**) 05-16-11, 04:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by 25DORIS

Thank you wmaster, webmaster and debasri for describing in detail. I was about to delete full content of tmp folder.

Thank you guys for helping me!!!

Happy to know that you succeed to clear the /tmp partition without any trouble .