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1./var file system full 95% , how to delete unwanted files
    #cd /var
    # find . -xdev -size +1000000 -exec ll {} \;

2.why every patch installation /var mount point some save patch file ocupied

1. /var file system full 95%, how to delete unwanted files
          You first have to find them.
           /var/tmp/ is fair game to just remove old files
            Use cleanup(1m) for /var/adm/sw/.

2. why every patch installation /var mount point some save patch file ocupied
In case you want to remove patches, swinstall has to save the previous patches so swremove can put back the older patch.

3.what is cleanup command
See cleanup(1m).  You can use this command to remove superseded patches.  You can select preview (-p) and you can also limit the number (-c N) of copies.