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AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices
Understanding the /var File System
Attention: The /var file system
tends to grow because it contains subdirectories and data files that are used by
busy applications such as accounting, mail, and the print spooler. If
applications on your system use the /var file system extensively, you
will have to increase the file system size beyond the 4MB /var default.
Specific /var files that warrant
periodic monitoring are /var/adm/wtmp and /var/adm/ras/errlog.
Other /var files to monitor are:
/var/adm/ras/trcfile |
If the trace facility is turned on. |
/var/tmp/snmpd.log |
If the snmpd command is running on your system. |
The /var directory diagram shows some of the directories in the
/var file system.
/var/adm |
Contains system logging and accounting files. |
/var/news |
Contains system news. |
/var/preserve |
Contains preserved data from interrupted edit sessions; similar to
the /usr/preserve directory in previous releases. |
/var/spool |
Contains files being processed by programs such as electronic mail;
similar to the /usr/spool directory in previous releases. |
/var/tmp |
Contains temporary files; similar to the /usr/tmp directory in
previous releases. The /usr/tmp directory is now a symbolic link to
/var/temp. |
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