SRTA and RCDA files

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Great explanation thanks. 
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Have 20 gig of files in my epicordata folder that are a year or more older. They start with srta and then some random #'s and rsda and random #'s. I sort of recall support saying you could just delete those files as they were some sort of orphaned temp files or something like that. Can anyone confirm my fuzzy memory about those files. Need to free up some space on the drive. 

Running Epicor 9.05.702A Progess, 64 bit. 

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They can all be deleted, if they are actively in use you will get an error saying they are in use and you cannot delete them.

an explanation of them:

Temporary files are the files that Progress creates during a session and deletes at the end of a session.

Any combination of the following files might be seen in the Progress working directory per client connection (or where -T is specified):
  • Temp table file (dbi*) - Progress uses this file to store temporary tables when temp table space requirements grow beyond the number of blocks specified by -Bt parameter.  If the application uses a lot of temporary tables, this file can grow quite large.
  • Local before-image file (lbi*) - Progress uses this file to back out of subtransactions and variable value changes. If the local before-image file becomes too large, the procedures probably use a lot of subtransactions.
  • Session sort file (srt*) - Progress uses this file to maintain client-side sorting and result lists for queries. In releases earlier than OpenEdge 10.1C, it is also used to swap r-code segments in and out of the execution buffer (= the memory allocated via -mmax).
  • R-code swap file (rcd*) - In OpenEdge 10.1C and later, this is used to swap r-code segments in and out of the execution buffer instead of the srt* file. If these files are big and growing, you have a lot of rcode swapping and many procedures open.
  • Edit buffer contents (pge*)
  • trp* -Â Stores Data Dictionary changes until they are saved
  • rpf* - Stores raw data used by the Profiler

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:43 AM, dave.glazewski@... [vantage] <vantage@yahoogroups.com> wrote:



Have 20 gig of files in my epicordata folder that are a year or more older. They start with srta and then some random #'s and rsda and random #'s. I sort of recall support saying you could just delete those files as they were some sort of orphaned temp files or something like that. Can anyone confirm my fuzzy memory about those files. Need to free up some space on the drive.Â

Running Epicor 9.05.702A Progess, 64 bit.Â