# Tmp Dir fills up will compact
**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tmp-dir-fills-up-will-compact/9498
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tmp-dir-fills-up-will-compact/9498 "2020-03-28T20:32:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@thommyX](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/thommyX)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tmp-dir-fills-up-will-compact/9498/1 "2020-03-28T20:32:38Z")
I have a backup on an external drive with about 74GB in 446 files.
Blocksize is 500 MB.
162 dindex.zip.aes with 57MB
159 dblock.zip.aes with 73,7 GB
124 dlist.zip.aes with 431 MB
1 file with the checksum
Now I purged a directory inside the backup and as second step I wanted to compact the backup.
On my machine where Duplicati is running I have about 30 GB of free space.
Before starting the compact I cleaned the %TEMP% folder but the 30 GB of space are not enough! Duplicati fills this space with files and shows an error.
> 28.03.2020 18:58 524.288.852 dup-d8944ba8-69a1-46c1-9b00-4345ae648601
> 28.03.2020 19:16 204.905 dup-dbe5b18e-e5a7-44cf-8746-3215177e58af
> 28.03.2020 19:20 203.612 dup-e301b956-9258-4575-a31c-5f59cbca9100
> 28.03.2020 18:52 189.095 dup-e5df6e12-f6b8-4d17-8d8a-3ce8414c7bc7
> 28.03.2020 18:33 524.327.206 dup-e7f18ee5-428a-4d2e-a751-c90295498183
> 28.03.2020 18:53 524.295.886 dup-e8308154-b72f-4d8f-a0ac-d03c8abc3d04
> 28.03.2020 19:03 267.108 dup-e8abf54f-abb7-4526-ad9a-e273d0795313
> 28.03.2020 19:49 524.301.733 dup-e9acb566-2044-4362-a859-62e504fc0f57
> 28.03.2020 19:53 524.350.881 dup-ea960a6c-5720-4d3d-a169-432cc67d9b3d
> 28.03.2020 19:08 218.509 dup-eb0d155f-96d4-4038-ade0-dba5e1800a3c
> 28.03.2020 18:38 227.177 dup-ecc542c4-9605-4b09-97cd-a2a6a7f1a470
> 28.03.2020 19:53 181.076 dup-ed7e0897-cb9b-4e43-9adb-7fb0d4bcb40e
> 28.03.2020 19:50 715.791 dup-ee9d17c2-8097-4f81-9c0b-79280108ec47
> 28.03.2020 18:44 181.406 dup-eee9b524-0a9f-4770-9886-85f22c88958b
> 28.03.2020 19:56 524.358.687 dup-f4f282a7-258d-4059-8ec2-24a44d0dbf6e
> 28.03.2020 18:42 524.366.988 dup-f5ff367d-2571-4110-9fca-241bad45bbe6
> 28.03.2020 19:32 524.378.864 dup-f68db0fd-ab60-4c64-8b22-4dd572dd9fd2
> 28.03.2020 19:34 246.142 dup-f7eff7bf-ebf2-4e29-85e5-3a080273468f
> 28.03.2020 19:51 524.330.921 dup-fa62af88-1e2b-479a-8e6d-0062b239b0f7
> 28.03.2020 19:18 203.981 dup-fa735a42-3014-4319-8b8e-bba1073e3a76
> 28.03.2020 19:17 524.370.573 dup-fdb752d4-d83f-4a8a-bd56-242bcf68ac28
> 28.03.2020 19:36 524.331.063 dup-fe28a806-e67a-4583-bb61-9f70283f6ac0
> 28.03.2020 19:55 183.244 dup-fe50ec4a-8874-4446-b14f-bb6dfdabc7d7
> 28.03.2020 18:40 524.314.058 dup-febb9298-7767-40ee-a4df-109877ca8da3
> 28.03.2020 20:25 916 dupl-usagereport-3164-20200328192410.json
> Deleting file duplicati-b47d7f228f4374d7b80887e8d0818dd62.dblock.zip.aes (499,94 MB) …
> Deleting file duplicati-ibaee6034bc9d451a89c5fa0b1838d6aa.dindex.zip.aes (701,93 KB) …
> Downloading file (499,91 MB) …
>
> System.IO.IOException: There is not enough space on the disk.
>
> at [System.IO](http://System.IO).\_\_Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
> at System.IO.FileStream.WriteCore(Byte buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
> at System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream.Write(Byte buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
> at System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream.Write(Byte buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
> at SharpAESCrypt.SharpAESCrypt.Write(Byte buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
> at Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.CopyStream(Stream source, Stream target, Boolean tryRewindSource, Byte buf)
> at Duplicati.Library.Encryption.EncryptionBase.Encrypt(Stream input, Stream output)
> at Duplicati.Library.Encryption.EncryptionBase.Encrypt(String inputfile, String outputfile)
> at Duplicati.Library.Main.BackendManager.FileEntryItem.Encrypt(IEncryption encryption, IBackendWriter stat)
> at Duplicati.Library.Main.BackendManager.Put(VolumeWriterBase item, IndexVolumeWriter indexfile, Boolean synchronous)
> at Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.CompactHandler.DoCompact(LocalDeleteDatabase db, Boolean hasVerifiedBackend, IDbTransaction& transaction,
> at Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation.CompactHandler.Run()
> at Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller.RunAction[T](T result, String& paths, IFilter& filter, Action`1 method) at Duplicati.Library.Main.Controller.Compact() at Duplicati.CommandLine.Commands.Compact(TextWriter outwriter, Action`1 setup, List`1 args, Dictionary`2 options, IFilter filter)
> at Duplicati.CommandLine.Program.ParseCommandLine(TextWriter outwriter, Action`1 setup, Boolean& verboseErrors, String[] args) at Duplicati.CommandLine.Program.RunCommandLine(TextWriter outwriter, TextWriter errwriter, Action`1 setup, String args)
My command line has this arguments:
```
"C:\Program Files\Duplicati 2\Duplicati.CommandLine.exe"
compact
"file://\\..."
--backup-name="..."
--dbpath="......sqlite"
--encryption-module="aes"
--compression-module="zip"
--dblock-size="500MB"
--passphrase="xxxxxxxx"
--disable-module="console-password-input"
--small-file-max-count=0
--small-file-size=0b
--threshold=0
--send-mail-any-operation=false
```
Why are 30GB not enough to compact a backup with just 500 MB blocksize? In My optinion a little bit more than 1,5 GB should be enough!
Is it necessary to provide the complete size of a backup for a compact run?
I started a new run (after repair) and I still do not understand why there are files that are not deleted? We see in the left part that files are downloaded, uploaded aso. But there are still “old” files on the right side. 22:05 =\> 12 minutes old? Why?
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### Author:  [@thommyX](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/thommyX)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tmp-dir-fills-up-will-compact/9498/2 "2020-03-29T08:52:53Z")
I got it successfull to an end by running this command in a separat cmd box:
sfk.exe delete -before 45m %temp% -yes +sleep 60000 +loop
SwissFileKnife
delete =\> delete command
-before 45m =\> only files older than 45 minutes
%temp% =\> where to delete
-yes =\> do not ask for confirmation, just delete
+sleep 60000 =\> sleep 60 seconds
+loop =\> repeat the whole command endless
So the files that are 45 minutes old are deleted while the compact is running. Not nice but it worked for me and compact came to a successfull end!
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### Author:  [@drwtsn32](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/drwtsn32)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tmp-dir-fills-up-will-compact/9498/3 "2020-04-04T04:09:44Z")
What version of Duplicati are you using?
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### Author:  [@thommyX](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/thommyX)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/tmp-dir-fills-up-will-compact/9498/4 "2020-04-04T11:20:59Z")
C:\Program Files\Duplicati 2\>Duplicati.CommandLine.exe
See duplicati.commandline.exe help for more information.
General: example, changelog
Commands: backup, find, restore, delete, compact, test, compare, purge,
vacuum
Repair: repair, affected, list-broken-files, purge-broken-files
Debug: debug, logging, create-report, test-filters, system-info, send-mail
Targets: aftp, azure, b2, box, cloudfiles, dropbox, file, ftp, googledrive,
gcs, hubic, jottacloud, mega, msgroup, onedrivev2, sharepoint, openstack,
rclone, s3, od4b, mssp, sia, ssh, tahoe, webdav
Modules: aes, gpg, zip, 7z, console-password-input, mssql-options,
hyperv-options, http-options, sendhttp, sendmail, runscript, sendxmpp,
check-mono-ssl
Formats: date, time, size, encryption, compression
Advanced: mail, advanced, returncodes, filter, filter-groups,
[http://www.duplicati.com/](http://www.duplicati.com/) Version: - 2.0.5.1\_beta\_2020-01-18