B Berteh wrote: > I answer below. > >> From: Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk> >> Subject: Re: [Tracker] tempfiles left by trackerd >> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:50:31 0000 >> // >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> B Berteh wrote: >> >> >> Hi. >> >> Thanks for all recent improvements in tracker. >> >> Just got a remark against the last CVS version or trackerd that >> creates >> and leaves hundreds of 'tempfile's in my home directory (only for png >> and wmf files). >> >> >> I do not get this for png files (I dont have any wmf's) >> >> in fact we don not create any temp files in your home folder (unless >> the extractors do?) >> >> Because of the amount of such files my nautilus is quickly >> overwhelmed, >> and eventually crashes. >> >> >> ? >> >> >> >> would it be possible to make trackerd remove these files after their >> use? >> >> >> can you name the files and their contents? >> > sure: a snippet of > $ls ~/tempfile.* > > tempfile.256500.png > tempfile.256501.png > tempfile.256502.png > tempfile.256503.png > tempfile.256504.png > tempfile.265670.jpg > tempfile.266070.jpg > tempfile.2660710.png > tempfile.2660711.jpg > tempfile.2660712.png > tempfile.2660713.png > tempfile.2660714.png > tempfile.2660715.png > tempfile.266071.png > tempfile.266072.png > tempfile.266073.png > tempfile.266074.png > tempfile.266075.png > tempfile.266075.wmf > tempfile.266076.png > > at least some of these files seem to be the images contained within > PowerPoint presentations I index... but there are too many of those for me > to be sure whether that's the case for all images. > > This issue is still open with brand-fresh CVS checkout, on Ubuntu Dapper. > > Thanks for your attention. Please let me know if I can provide any useful > information. > Bertrand. >
are you sure tracker created these? can you show ls -l and is their date the same as when it was indexed? -- Mr Jamie McCracken http://jamiemcc.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list tracker-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
