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Originally posted by: Brad Brezinski

Hello,

I'm cleaning up temp files and old graph files on the server. I'm finding file like, temp.*.log, temp.*.stderr, temp.*.brd that are always in a folder titled "default". I find these files on all the folders created by users. Are all these temp files equally safe to delete. Are all temp. files associated with node run data that has not been saved to a named graph file? Thanks, Brad

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Originally posted by: ryeh

Hi, Brad. These temp files are what allow users to double-click on any input/output pin and see the data at that point in the graph file (BRG). As you can see, within the tmp folder, there is a folder per user. Within each user folder, there is a folder per graph. Within each graph folder, this is typically a 'default' folder. This contains the temp files for the graph when it is run from the BRE client. If you schedule the graph, you will see additional folders, one for each run.

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Originally posted by: stonysmith

1) Obviously any user that has left the company could have their temp files purged.
2) You should examine the files by date.. older files could be removed, newer files might still be in use.
3) You should consult with the users before deleting their files. I've had some users that wanted to keep a specific temp file for months. It's better practice however, to write such a file into a DATA folder that receives proper backups, etc.
4) You could establish a rule that anything over xx days old will be purged. 45 or 90 days is often reasonable, but some users might want 120 or 180 day retention.