Why does filesystem gradually increase by mlocate.db database ?

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Issue

  • Have many mlocate.db.xxxxxx files in /var/lib/mlocate. The filesystem is currently full.
  • The date of mlocate.db is old, with the "extra" files all newer.
  • Need to know if it is safe to remove these files and run updatedb manually to free up disk space in /var.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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