I just pushed a change
<https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/commit/fef50dfc16ba255b101da22fb134d30237223a56>
to BackupPC_nightly that removes any orphan temp write pool files.
Craig
On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Craig Barratt <
cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Yes, you're right.
>
> Looks like they got left over from an abnormal backup exit. I need to add
> some code that cleans up any that remain after the backup.
>
> It's certainly safe to remove them (assuming they are hours/days old). If
> you want to be really sure, the first integer is the pid of the process
> that created them, in this case 19524. You could confirm that process no
> longer exists before deleting them.
>
> Craig
>
>
> On Friday, May 5, 2017, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net> wrote:
>
>> Based upon my observations when testing it appears these are temporary
>> files prior to being added to the pool.
>>
>>
>> Craig - any input?
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> mph
>>
>> On 2017-05-05 10:29, Dieter Fauth wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ray,
>> I have similar files in cpool. ~60GB in 6 files.
>> I suspected they were created in my experiments with archive host. At
>> least the file date would fit.
>> But that was a wild guess.
>>
>> Anybody else seeing such files?
>>
>> On Fri, 05 May 2017 18:15:23 +0200, Ray Frush <fr...@rams.colostate.edu>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I spotted two file stored in the cpool totaling 23.5GB, which is about
>> the
>> same as the discrepancy between the pool size that BackupPC reports and
>> what I'm counting on the file system.
>>
>> ...
>> drwxr-x---. 130 backuppc backuppc 8.0K May 4 01:00 18
>> -rw-rw----. 1 backuppc backuppc 16G Apr 27 14:38 19524.1398.0
>> -rw-rw----. 1 backuppc backuppc 7.5G Apr 27 14:44 19524.1399.0
>> drwxr-x---. 130 backuppc backuppc 8.0K May 4 01:00 1a
>> drwxr-x---. 130 backuppc backuppc 8.0K May 4 01:00 1c
>> ...
>>
>> Can you help me understand what these files are for?
>>
>>
>>
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