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The following file is consuming a lot of disk space. Can I remove this file?
/opt/wlt-tomcat/logs/.catalina.out.swp
What this file is used for?
shantanuo
Posted 2011-03-18T09:06:12.317
Reputation: 2 119
hidden file consuming disk space
Answers
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It's a swap file used by vi/vim. You can remove it if you're not editing /opt/wlt-tomcat/logs/.catalina.out in vi/vim.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Posted 2011-03-18T09:06:12.317
Reputation: 100 516
vim should remove it automatically when it exits, though. – Peltier – 2011-03-18T09:46:10.567
2When it exits cleanly, yes. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2011-03-18T09:46:38.537