# /var/ directory running out of space

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/var-directory-running-out-of-space/17250>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** tmos, big-ip, bash, application-delivery\
**Created:** [October 23, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/var-directory-running-out-of-space/17250 "2018-10-23T16:01:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Zuke\_254875](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/258eb7/32.png) [@Zuke\_254875](https://community.f5.com/u/Zuke_254875)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/var-directory-running-out-of-space/17250/1 "2018-10-23T16:01:58Z")

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I’m getting a broadcast message on the bash CLI that warns me about the /var/ directory running out of room.

```tcl
011d0004:3: Disk partition /var has only 14% free

```

There are four Tomcat files of identical size taking up almost a GB of space, but I don’t know what purpose they serve.

```tcl
-rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat 240192271 2017-11-05 19:51 1509911444508.upload
-rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat 240192271 2017-11-05 10:46 1509878765278.upload
-rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat 240192271 2017-11-05 10:39 1509878372606.upload
-rw-r--r--. 1 tomcat tomcat 240192271 2017-11-05 10:38 1509878267154.upload

```

Does anyone know what the purpose of these files are, and whether or not it’s safe to remove them?

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**Author:** ![Dario\_Garrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dario\_Garrido](https://community.f5.com/u/Dario_Garrido)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/var-directory-running-out-of-space/17250/2 "2018-10-23T18:52:10Z")

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I guess you can try to show them with ‘less’ to figure out what type of info is contained…

Where are those files located? Just under /var ?

By the way, you can also resize the /var partition → [myF5](https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14952)

KR, Dario.