Hi Marat, Thanks for the reply. Do you know why Apache keeps them open? The process shouldn't need to end for the file to disappear - just the file descriptor to be closed.
On 18 April 2016 at 16:54, Marat Khalili <m...@rqc.ru> wrote: > Hello David, > > It is a normal practice in Linux to delete temporary files immediately > after creating them. These files will still work for the process that keeps > them open, and will automatically disappear as soon as the process ends. > > I typed lsof /run/lock on a couple of my Ubuntu machines with Apache > installed, and the output was similar to yours. > > -- > > With Best Regards, > Marat Khalili > > On 18/04/16 08:25, David Cunningham wrote: > > Hi, > > While reviewing filesystem usage we noticed lots of deleted files still > open by Apache, as reported by lsof. Some example lines are below. > > Can anyone advise why Apache is keeping these files open, and if there's > anything we can do about it? I have verified that the process numbers > listed are still existing processes. > > The server is running Apache 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 server, > 64bit. Thank you in advance. > > /usr/sbin 13262 root 23w REG > 0,19 0 110619773 /run/lock/apache2/rewrite-map.13262 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 13262 root 24w REG > 0,19 0 105844737 /run/lock/apache2/ssl-cache.13261 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 apacheuser 23w REG > 0,19 0 110619773 /run/lock/apache2/rewrite-map.13262 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 apacheuser 24w REG > 0,19 0 105844737 /run/lock/apache2/ssl-cache.13261 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22671 apacheuser 23w REG > 0,19 0 110619773 /run/lock/apache2/rewrite-map.13262 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22671 apacheuser 24w REG > 0,19 0 105844737 /run/lock/apache2/ssl-cache.13261 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22672 apacheuser 23w REG > 0,19 0 110619773 /run/lock/apache2/rewrite-map.13262 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22672 apacheuser 24w REG > 0,19 0 105844737 /run/lock/apache2/ssl-cache.13261 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22673 apacheuser 23w REG > 0,19 0 110619773 /run/lock/apache2/rewrite-map.13262 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22673 apacheuser 24w REG > 0,19 0 105844737 /run/lock/apache2/ssl-cache.13261 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22674 apacheuser 23w REG > 0,19 0 110619773 /run/lock/apache2/rewrite-map.13262 (deleted) > /usr/sbin 22669 22674 apacheuser 24w REG > 0,19 0 105844737 /run/lock/apache2/ssl-cache.13261 (deleted) > > > -- > David Cunningham, Voisonics > http://voisonics.com/ > USA: +1 213 221 1092 > UK: +44 (0) 20 3298 1642 > Australia: +61 (0) 2 8063 9019 > > > -- David Cunningham, Voisonics http://voisonics.com/ USA: +1 213 221 1092 UK: +44 (0) 20 3298 1642 Australia: +61 (0) 2 8063 9019
