[X4U] What is private>var>vm>swapfile?

[Jens Selvig]

Be cautious whilst cleaning on Unix system stuff. You can easily end  
up with a system that won't boot if you delete the wrong surplus stuff.


Jens Selvig

...lost in Montana...



On Dec 5, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> I'm using WhatSize to help me clean out my hard drive. I notice an  
> invisible folder on the HD called "private" that is 2.3 GB in size.  
> The main culprit inside is a folder called "var" which in turn  
> contains the folder "vm" which holds a bunch of files titled  
> "swapfile#" Can someone tell me what these folders are for? Do they  
> need to be that big?
>
> thanks
>
> Mark
>
>
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