On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:46:12PM +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 16:01 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > > This is a listing. > > > > total 44 > > drwx------ 2 root root 6 Aug 17 15:36 lu26465gujqup.tmp > > drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Aug 17 15:37 lu27063gukci0.tmp > > drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Aug 17 15:43 lu3205guot5q.tmp > > drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Aug 17 15:48 lu4177guts1n.tmp > > drwx------ 2 root root 6 Aug 17 15:36 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n > > drwx------ 3 root root 16 Aug 17 15:39 > > systemd-private-e02ca338bba64326ab00789706c3de4b-colord.service-B3EzVm > > drwx------ 3 root root 16 Aug 17 15:39 > > systemd-private-e02ca338bba64326ab00789706c3de4b-rtkit-daemon.service-Z5MlFp > > drwx------ 2 root root 6 Mar 1 2016 tracker-extract-files.1000 > > > > > > Its the XXXXXXX.tmp directory that seem to be filling up... They have .tmp > > files in the directory. > > > > or the tracker-extract-files is also an unknown. > > > > What is that? how do I stop it ? > > > It's where tracker extracts files. > > Google for "centos7 tracker disable" > > I suspect the lu*.tmp directories are from when tracker uses LO to > extract and index documents. > > If you don't use, or want to use, tracker, then disable tracker. > > P. Hmm. was unaware of tracker-etc. what are these indexes used for? I can't think of anything I do on the system that would need to know all bout some arbitrary file somewhere on the filesysystem, so why would this be useful? thanks in advance! Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------