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Huge "oew[number]mpc" Temp Files Generating In Java.io.tmpdir (Doc ID 1672231.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Sites - Version 11.1.1.6.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

We are observing that our environment is generating huge temporary files in java.io.tmpdir during regular operation. The filename is prefixed with "oew" and suffixed with "mpc" like "oew2038611147583900916mpc" which are of 2GB size.

bash-4.1$ ls -lh
total 15G
drwxr-xr-x 2 as_web0 as_web0 4.0K May 6 10:17 cascache
drwxr-xr-x 12 as_web0 as_web0 4.0K May 6 10:19 cscache
drwxr-xr-x 2 as_web0 as_web0 4.0K May 6 10:21 fwcs-tmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 as_web0 as_web0 4.0K May 6 10:18 linkedcache
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.0G May 6 10:21 oew2038611147583900916mpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.0G May 6 10:24 oew2601108207244230976mpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.0G May 6 10:21 oew3298828229084777868mpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.0G May 6 10:44 oew5414222435093120684mpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.0G May 6 10:49 oew6011527642762639859mpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.0G May 6 10:36 oew7694491314614964126mpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 as_web0 as_web0 2.1G May 6 10:34 oew8107501773725185934mpc
drwxr-xr-x 12 as_web0 as_web0 4.0K May 6 10:19 sscache

Cause

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