[cfarm-users] gcc110 nearly out of disk space in /tmp/ (94% full, 115MB free)

[Tomas Härdin]

ons 2019-03-27 klockan 09:01 +0100 skrev Martin Guy via cfarm-users:
> They probably didn't even know that their work had filled /tmp so
> thanks for making this known.
> 
> To make this less likely to happen in future (or, at least, be
> self-repairing!) an admin could add
> 
> find /tmp -type f -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \;
> find /tmp/* -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;
> 
> in a cron job.

I'd just like to add that leaving garbage in /tmp is a recurring
problem with Python things in general, especially pip. So it isn't so
strange that few people notice it

/Tomas