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

[tblader]

You're welcome.  You may want to look into the exact cause of the problem however.
The existence of those nfs dot files may suggest some file locking may need
to be done.

Bertrand Leboeuf wrote:
> 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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>>
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>> Email    : tblader at flambeau.com
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>> ? http://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+gnupg
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