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

[tblader]

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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