Github user rnewson commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/couchdb-couch/pull/27#discussion_r22416091
--- Diff: src/couch_file.erl ---
@@ -257,13 +257,43 @@ nuke_dir(RootDelDir, Dir) ->
init_delete_dir(RootDir) ->
Dir = filename:join(RootDir,".delete"),
- % note: ensure_dir requires an actual filename companent, which is the
- % reason for "foo".
- filelib:ensure_dir(filename:join(Dir,"foo")),
+ ensure_dir(Dir),
+ TmpDir = make_temp_name(Dir),
+ % rename original directory so we can return and delete files
asynchronously
+ ok = file:rename(Dir, TmpDir),
+ % recreate original directory
+ ensure_dir(Dir),
+ spawn(fun() -> delete_temp_dirs(RootDir, Dir) end),
+ ok.
+
+
+make_temp_name(Prefix) ->
+ {A,B,C} = now(),
+ lists:flatten(io_lib:format("~s.tmp-~p.~p.~p",[Prefix, A, B, C])).
+
+
+delete_temp_dirs(RootDir, Prefix) ->
+ Dirs = filelib:wildcard(Prefix ++ ".tmp-" ++ "*", RootDir),
+ [ok = delete_dir(Dir) || Dir <- Dirs],
+ ok.
+
+
+ensure_dir(Dir) ->
+ filelib:ensure_dir(Dir ++ "/").
--- End diff --
anything in .delete can be deleted. Prior to the .delete dir, couchdb just
called 'rm'. .delete exists so we can delete asynchronously rather than block.
It's definitely not used for recovery.
Given this, I think the PR is far simpler? Just spawn the process that
deletes the contents of the .delete file.
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