[Dovecot] what are those .nfsXXXXX files with mbox ?

[leboeuf at emt.inrs.ca]

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 at emt.inrs.ca