[pca] /var/sadm/pkg

[Teddy Rodriguez]

Thanks Jeff.  

Teddy Rodriguez
Database and Systems Administrator
Ramapo College of NJ
505 Ramapo Valley Rd
Mahwah, NJ  07430
Phone: (201) 684 - 6829
Fax: (201) 684 - 7961
Email: trodrigu at ramapo.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at]
On Behalf Of Jeff A. Earickson
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 1:32 PM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] /var/sadm/pkg

Teddy,

Attached is my script that I use to clean up old patches.  Take a look and
see if this helps.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Teddy Rodriguez wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:37:02 -0500
> From: Teddy Rodriguez <trodrigu at ramapo.edu>
> Reply-To: "PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion" 
> <pca at lists.univie.ac.at>
> To: pca at lists.univie.ac.at
> Subject: [pca] /var/sadm/pkg
> 
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> My /var partition is almost full and I can see that most of it is 
> taken up by the /var/sadm/pkg directory.  I know this is where Solaris 
> stores backup of patches, in case you have to revert back, but after 
> reading some forums I'm a little hesitant in deleting anything from 
> there.  I think deleting the
> *obsolete* files inside that directory were the safest thing to 
> remove, but I was wondering if anyone out there has deleted anything 
> from this directory.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
>
>
> Teddy Rodriguez
>
> Database and Systems Administrator
>
> Ramapo College of NJ
>
> 505 Ramapo Valley Rd
>
> Mahwah, NJ  07430
>
> Phone: (201) 684 - 6829
>
> Fax: (201) 684 - 7961
>
> Email:  <mailto:trodrigu at ramapo.edu> trodrigu at ramapo.edu
>
>