Re: Tale of woe - failed patch install and attempted recovery

From: Matthias Hoys <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:32:02 +0200
Message-ID: <435120f1$0$10967$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"hpuxrac" <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:1129332610.904215.107230_at_o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>#> Joel Garry wrote:
> #> I have a vague memory there is more stuff in /tmp you need to get
> rid
> #> of to fool the installer, including some directories for oui and a
> #> .oracle directory. Might not apply to all unix.
>
> Ok then why don't you test it out and report back your results?
>
> Space in /tmp is used during an install ... no doubt about that.
>
> What is the meaning of /tmp? Temporary right ... is it something that
> will persist around between different oui sessions?
>

I don't think so, but I have noticed that the OUI doesn't always clean things up after an installation, and this can lead to installation problems with /tmp running full. I always check /tmp with "ls -lat|head" after an installation.

Matthias Received on Sat Oct 15 2005 - 10:32:02 CDT