In my mac's /private/var/tmp folder are HUNDREDS of folders like this:
drwx------ 5 root wheel 170 Feb 1 19:55 symantec_error_reportLFvFvL
drwx------ 5 root wheel 170 Feb 1 17:13 symantec_error_reportYj2J0A
drwx------ 5 root wheel 170 Feb 1 14:59 symantec_error_reportWl2fUL
drwx------ 5 root wheel 170 Feb 1 12:58 symantec_error_reportREC91V
drwx------ 5 root wheel 170 Feb 1 11:01 symantec_error_reporti1dEFY
drwx------ 5 root wheel 170 Feb 1 10:08 symantec_error_reportSFoXTD
There appear to be about 12 of these folders generated per day.
Each folder contains files like these:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 561312 Oct 25 10:50 error_report.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 457 Oct 25 10:50 extensions_profile.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 137388 Oct 25 10:47 system_profile.xml
What is going on here?
These files are not getting purged on reboots. Are any of these log files important? Does Symantec need these logs to fix some sort of problem with the application?