[K12OSN] cpu hog woes maybe figured..

[Calvin Dodge]

Terrell Prudé, Jr. wrote:
> Huck wrote:
> 
>> I have a gazillion(really can't count) files in /tmp
>>
>> where I notice xses-<user>  and orbit-<user>
>> puts/gets info from...
>>
>> so I figure it's the cpu max'n out trying to access that info...
>>
>> all filenames start with a like 6 digit name followed by 9 characters 
>> incremented
>>
>> ie..  ...
>> dummie1a01bOJkw
>> dummie1a01bOJkx
>> dummie1a01bOJky
>> ...
>> and so on and so forth...
>>
>> when I attempt to 'rm dummie*' I get a bash error about the argument 
>> list being too long...
>>
>> HELP?!?!
>> some script guru out there?
>>
>> --Huck
>>
> 
> Try it this way and let us know:
> 
> When you cd to your /tmp directory, then, as root, issue the "rm -rf *" 
> command.


I think that will cause the same problem as "rm dummie*".

try "cd /tmp;find ./ -name 'dummie*' -exec rm -f \{\} ';'"

Calvin

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Calvin Dodge
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http://www.caldodge.fpcc.net

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