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

[Bertrand Leboeuf]

Thanks,

there just seems to be a lot of them

>From: tblader <tblader at flambeau.com>
>
>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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