[Dovecot] what are those .nfsXXXXX files with mbox ?
tblader
tblader at flambeau.com
Tue Mar 14 22:07:11 EET 2006
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 at 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 at emt.inrs.ca
>
>
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