SL Startup Disk filling up with Swap Files

I installed SL on an erased USB drive to see if all my applications are supported before installing on the internal start up disk. It ran fine, but after a few hours, SL had created about 40 swap files, filling up the drive. During the time I was testing SL, I launched each of my applications and updated those that needed it, but can't think of anything unusual -- no forced shut downs, quits, etc.
Anyone seen this or have any ideas on what's going on?

Hi again,
Yes, zillions of these files, I think they're accumulate every 3 seconds on my computer...
I have no idea which way to go...all of my data is backed up, so I'm not so worried about losing data...whichever way you think is best!
Here's about a page of those filenames from typing in ls private/var/tmp
00002090889b5 000056d032d47
00002090bf44f 000056d1742e2
0000209205d75 000056d1b55e6
000020923c8b4 000056d2f2a8c
0000209376f7b 000056d340509
00002093af4b5 000056d47d318
00002094e9b8e 000056d4c0632
000020952cb9d 000056d60c68a
0000209666d1f 000056d64ebbb
000020969d726 000056d78cd28
00002097d9121 000056d7ccf94
000020981df49 000056d917549
000020995a84b 000056d956e76
00002099928a8 000056da99f25
0000209acd0de 000056dade080
0000209b0fe58 000056dc27586
0000209c4a610 000056dc69994
0000209c80e10 000056dda71ef
0000209dbc646 000056dde9796
0000209df3790 000056df3a1e8
0000209f39542 000056df7e9b9
0000209f7111a 000056e0bda40
000020a0ab2b8 000056e11056d
000020a0e23bb 000056e24dc07
000020a2286c6 000056e28ca59
000020a25f17c 000056e3c99a2
000020a39ad3d 000056e415a3b
000020a3d18b6 000056e553fd8
000020a517bb7 000056e593e92
000020a54fe0c 000056e6daa3c
000020a689e9d 000056e72a2d2
000020a6c0c6a 000056e866fc5
000020a806fc2 000056e8a75ba
000020a83d6f9 000056e9e4123
000020a9789bf 000056ea30062
000020a9af25d 000056eb73924
000020aae9766 000056ebb3652
000020ab2c762 000056ecf0824
000020ac6baf9 000056ed3c4bf
000020aca3334 000056ee79574
000020addd22a 000056eebef4f
000020ae2172e 000056f012509
000020af5bc98 000056f0559a7
000020af92600 000056f1930dd
000020b0cdf81 000056f1d7494
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Hi again,
Yes, zillions of these files, I think they're accumulate every 3 seconds on my computer...
I have no idea which way to go...all of my data is backed up, so I'm not so worried about losing data...whichever way you think is best!
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0000209376f7b 000056d340509
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Download this, or a similar tool if you prefer:
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http://thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/1052495/slimharddrive.html
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