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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Is anyone elses Podman filling up their "/var/tmp"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I utilize podman on my server for running my software.

Recently, I saw that my server ran out of space on its 8TB raid 10 array. Which immediately raised questions for me.

After using "duc" to analyze my drive. I found that podman had used 4 TB of storage space in "/var/tmp".

Anyone else have this happen to them?

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

/tmp should be just that (temporary).

There should not be any ill effects to completely empty /tmp

Some distros put /tmp on a ram drive that gets created fresh (and empty) with each reboot.