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Re: problem: .overview~[0-9]*~ files not being deleted
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wayne |
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Re: problem: .overview~[0-9]*~ files not being deleted |
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Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:43:27 GMT |
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In <uy83x5j53.fsf@vignette.com> Kevin Greiner <kevin.greiner@vignette.com>
writes:
> wayne <wayne@schlitt.net> writes:
>
>> A while back, I suddenly started to accumulate old .overview~[0-9]*~
>> files in my ~/News/agent/ subdirectories. They stick around for ever,
>> so it isn't just keeping the last 4 files. They seem to accumulate in
>> most groups, but maybe not all of them.
>>
>> [...]
>
> The cron job is a good idea. The agent is generating these files
> because it corrected an error in the overview file.
I saw some discussions about the backup overview files being created
when errors were detected, so I went and deleted *all* the overview
files. The backup files were immediately being created. So, this
isn't a case of a rare corruption of the .overview that sticks around.
Whatever it is, the problem happens very quickly.
-wayne