Why Clean Up Files?

To ensure that your Lawson Environment runs efficiently, you must regularly clean up system files. To clean up your system, you must delete the files and log entries that Lawson generates. If the directory where log files are stored becomes full, servers are not able to write to the log files, and system operation might become unreliable.

For example, all Lawson batch programs create at least two output files: job logs (which detail the execution of the job) and print files (which contain a report produced by the program). The Lawson Presentation Manager (lapm) creates a log file every time it runs. Some programs create work files that may or may not be used later by other programs.

The Delete Job History utility (deljobhst) can be used to clean up some types of files. Others must be deleted manually. For more information, see Kinds of Generated Files.