On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 10:27 -0800, Joseph Silverman wrote: > In our setup, we have JSP's that create a "temporary" file with the > deleteOnExit flag set. > The session timeout (getMaxInactiveInterval) appears to be the > "default" of 1800 seconds (30 minutes). > > We are blasting our servlet container (tomcat and jetty) with JSP > fetches (that don't handle cookies - http_load if you are curious as to > what we are using) and noting that these files stick around till the > servlet container itself quits (the java process goes away). At that > point ALL the files are deleted, and it can take HOURS in some cases to > do so. > > Is this expected behavior? We think that these files should be deleted > when the session "expires". That seems like the right thing to do.
What you are seeing is what I would expect. The javadoc for File.deleteOnExit very clearly states that the file is deleted *when the virtual machine terminates*. A session is *not* a virtual machine. I suggest you use a SessionListener object instead; this should be invoked when the session expires, and you can delete the files then. Regards, Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
