update 2004-DEC-13

Following is a list of files that are automatically deleted from the file system once they reach the indicated age in days.

U/S indicates whether these files are located in users's home directories or in some system directory.

PLEASE DO NOT CREATE FILES WITH THESE NAMES IN YOUR HOME DIRECTORY.

Avoid leading #, trailing % or ~ and the name "core". Also clean up your own files, instead of waiting for the system to do it for you.

Name    Age U=User  Description of file or utility that generates it
Pattern in  S=System
Or -    Days

1*% .*% 14  U   textedit temp files 
*~ .*~  14  U   emacs temp files
#*  14  U   emacs temp files
.*.BAK  14  U   various backup config files
.*.bak  14  U   "
.netscape-cache
    1/30    U   netscape cache directory (weekly for low quota users)
core    8   U&S core files (weekly)
.nfs*   7   U&S open nfs files that were deleted
Ex* 14  S   vi generated, when vi hung up or ^Ced
-   14  S   print request files
-   14  S   old mail messages in queue
wscon*  7   S   if no console terminal is open, console messages go here    
mail*
snd*    1   S   scratch mail messages
sunpro.*1   S   compiler
hvtmp*  1   S   file manager
nn.*    1   S   nn
-   1   S   other temp file for low quota users