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Re: Huge apache temp files



On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:54, C. Chad Wallace wrote:
> C. Chad Wallace wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I noticed today that apache is filling up my disk with a huge file in 
> > /tmp.  Two files show up in /tmp if I have either apache or apache-ssl 
> > running and are removed when both are stopped.  Here are the two files 
> > in /tmp:
> > 
> > -rw-------    1 root     root     67108864 Feb  1 11:09 
> > session_mm_apache0.mem
> > -rw-------    1 root     root            0 Feb  1 11:09 
> > session_mm_apache0.sem
> 
> Well, it appears I jumped the gun on blaming that file for filling my 
> disk. :-)  Upon closer inspection (namely 'ls -hsl'), it looks like the 
> file only takes up one kilobyte.  But I'm still curious as to why the 
> other size field shows such a huge number.

Do you know what that file is? if you don't then you might want to read
about sessions for apache. It is part of how Apache works. Really, go
RTFM (Read The Fine Manual)
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