Deleting or compressing files on unix level

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I have to verify if there are some files to delete or compress in it.

The major allocation files(size in kbytes) on filesystem /usr/sap/QB5:

/usr/sap/QB5/DVEBMGS02/work>du -ks * | sort -nr | head -15 | egrep -v zip

589592 dev_w21

451333 dev_w14

131984 dev_disp

130704 c:\descricao

69123 pws-7010_01102002_04102002_411.txt

59232
brsctsa0laam13\PROC\SPED\7010_01122006_01122006.txt

59232
brsctsa0laam13\7010_01122006_01122006.txt

58162 dev_w1

57553 dev_w19

52697 dev_rd

52069 pws.7010_01102002_03102002_411.txt

50501 dev_tp

34498 dev_w0

How do i know which file needs to be there and which file should be deleted and what needs to be taken care while deleting.

Thanks in advance

Shams

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Shams

Are these the only files in your work directory ? I dont think so ...

There will be files with dev_w?.old . which you can empty using command echo>dev_w?.old

Regards

Anish

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Anish,

Apart from the files which i mentioned earlier there are many files like ENQLOG,ESSTATS,G0001V00,startsap1.trc,startsap2.trc,etc ,Prod_Test_ASN05.txt,PRUDALANIS2.TXT,MERCOSUR_SUPPLIER_DATA_DETAIL_20080902151953.dat,PCMONO_2007093010.txt,TMPPFL,Y_000011,stderr1,sqlnet.log,sapadmpf,shutdown.sap.

There are many files ,some of them are as old as 3 years old.

Thanks for your help .

Shams

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

These old log files can be deleted but make sure of one thing:before deleting just check when were they last used,if the date is 3 years old,delete them but if they have been recently changed,dont delete them

Rohit

[Former Member]

Refer these , and you can delete .old or core files too

Note 16513 - File system is full - what do I do?

Note 6604 - Deleting job logs at operating system level