SUMMARY: sys_check114 files in /tmp warning message

From: Ronald D. Bowman <rdbowma_at_tsi.clemson.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:14:52 -0400

Hi Managers -

        I am posting this as a summary, since the problem is solved.
        
        I looked in the archives, and did not see any posting on
        this particular warning. Therefore, I assume that either
        a) no one worries about it, or b) everyone knows about this
        little qwerk with sys_check and therefore ignores it.
        
        I just thought I would post this in case someone else runs
        into the situation.
        
        
        Last week, I ran sys_check114 on our system, and one
        of the warnings was 16 files in /tmp:
        
        Operational: Very large number of files were found in the /tmp ( 16 ) directory.
        
        
        However, when I went to /tmp, there were no files present, so
        that puzzled me somewhat.
        
        Today, I just re-ran sys_check since I had made some changes
        to the system.
        
        While it was running, I checked /tmp, and discovered that
        at that particular time there were 14 files in /tmp
        that had been created and were being used by sys_check.
        
        So, the warning message was solved. Evidently sys_check puts
        some necessary files into /tmp and does not remove them until
        the end, and it does not check the files in /tmp to verify if
        it created them.
        
        
Sincerely,
Ron Bowman
Techno-Sciences, Inc.
rdbowma_at_tsi.clemson.edu
864-646-4028

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