[OpenAFS] Can anyone reproduce this under LINUX (was: temporaryreference
files do not disappear)
Paul Blackburn
mpb@est.ibm.com
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:01:17 +0100
Norbert,
Read the words again.
It says: "the associated .__afsXXXX *should* disappear."
This is *** TRUE ***.
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cheers
paul http://acm.org/~mpb
Norbert Gruener wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 14 2002, Paul Blackburn wrote:
>
>>http://www.angelfire.com/hi/plutonic/afs-faq.html#sub2.19
>>
>
>But the FAQ claims:
>
> Newer versions of AFS rename such files to .__afsXXXX, thus making sure
> that the data stays around as expected by the application. As soon as
> the file gets closed, the associated .__afsXXXX should disappear.
>
>and this is *** NOT TRUE ***
>
>As I have mentioned on my contribution on June 6
>
>NG} Under AIX, Solaris, and Irix, the file ".__afsEB15" disappears
>NG} immediately like it should. Whereas under Linux the file stays.
>NG} Sometimes it takes up to ten minutes until the file disappears.
>NG} Sometimes the file does not disappear at all.
>
>Sometimes they disappear, sometimes they DON'T disappear but NEVER
>"as soon as the file gets closed"
>
>Cheers,
>
>Norbert
>