Those are files NFS creates when the file it had locked/open/writing to was nuked or moved before it had a chance to complete. IIRC, they cannot be removed until the NFS daemon has given up on them [1].
[1] - from experience, not TFM
leboeuf@emt.inrs.ca wrote:
On Solaris 9, using:
default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Here is a listing of ~/mail
with UW IMAP:
.: total 8 drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:40 . drwxr-xr-x 4 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:40 .. -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 496 Mar 14 14:40 Drafts -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 496 Mar 14 14:40 Sent Items
with Dovecot:
.: total 16 drwx------ 3 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 . drwxr-xr-x 4 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:40 .. drwx------ 5 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 .imap -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 6 Mar 14 14:52 .nfsAEBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 11 Mar 14 14:52 .nfsCEBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 7 Mar 14 14:52 .nfsEEBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 496 Mar 14 14:40 Drafts -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 496 Mar 14 14:40 Sent Items
./.imap: total 10 drwx------ 5 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 . drwx------ 3 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 .. drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:53 Drafts drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:53 INBOX drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:53 Sent Items
./.imap/Drafts: total 30 drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:53 . drwx------ 5 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 .. -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 112 Mar 14 14:53 .nfs0FBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 10272 Mar 14 14:52 .nfs2FBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 144 Mar 14 14:53 dovecot.index
./.imap/INBOX: total 66 drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:53 . drwx------ 5 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 .. -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 216 Mar 14 14:53 .nfs00CA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 17408 Mar 14 14:53 .nfs20CA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 360 Mar 14 14:52 .nfs5FBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 10272 Mar 14 14:52 .nfs8FBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 360 Mar 14 14:53 dovecot.index
./.imap/Sent Items: total 54 drwx------ 2 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:53 . drwx------ 5 testu3 sysadmin 512 Mar 14 14:52 .. -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 88 Mar 14 14:53 .nfs40CA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 10272 Mar 14 14:53 .nfs60CA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 88 Mar 14 14:52 .nfsBFBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 10272 Mar 14 14:52 .nfsDFBA5 -rw------- 1 testu3 sysadmin 144 Mar 14 14:53 dovecot.index
what are the .nfsXXXXX files for ?
Thanks
Bertrand Leboeuf leboeuf@emt.inrs.ca
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