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# sk173930 - Empty "pymp" directories in the /tmp/ directory

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk173930 |
| Date Created | 2021-06-07 |
| Last Modified | 2021-07-18 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * There are many empty directories named "`pymp-<Some Letters and Digits>`" in the `/tmp/` directory.

  Example (from the WinSCP window):

  ![](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/sc/SolutionsStatics/sk173930/pymp202107181524071.png)
* There are numerous core dump files named "`python3.<Number>.core`" on the Security Gateway.

## Cause

This issue occurs because of repetitive restarts of the Advance File Inspection (IFI) engine.

The IFI engine uses Python's "multiprocessing" module, which creates the "pymp" temporary directories for each process. This directory is automatically cleaned when the Python process terminates. If the Python process terminates abruptly, the directory is not cleaned.

## Solution

* **For directories created after 03 June 2021:**   

  This problem was fixed. The fix is included starting in:  

  * **IFI Package # 180**

  If your Security Gateway can connect to the Internet, it will automatically get the latest IFI packages.  
  You can track it with the "`tecli show downloads ifi`" command on the Security Gateway.  

* **For directories created before 03 June 2021** :  

  Remove the directories manually:
  1. Connect to the command line on the Security Gateway.
  2. Go to the /tmp/ directory:  
     `cd /tmp/`
  3. Remove all "*pymp-XXXX* " directories created before 03 June 2021:  
     `rm -r pymp-XXXX`

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