In use as filesystem locked? maybe created by NFS server? If dovecot died then the temporary file is permanent.
2010/10/7 Marcus Rueckert <da...@opensu.se>: > On 2010-10-07 12:53:45 +0200, Antonio Perez-Aranda wrote: >> I'm using dovecot-1.2.15 and NFS as storage of Maildir . When I try >> over IMAP and Evolution to move a mail to another Imap Folder, a file >> like .nfs000000000159816c0000245 is created and when move operation is >> finished, the file is deleted. >> >> Sometimes, this file isn't deleted and then, you can see a new imap >> folder called .nfs000000000159816c0000245 when you restart your >> Evolution or another Imap Client. >> >> Is this file created by dovecot? maybe, must dovecot delete this file on >> login? >> >> I think thats is easy fix this with a Post-Login script but I think >> that dovecot must delete it > > > those files/directories are created when you try to delete a > file/directory on nfs, but it is still in use. > > darix > > -- > openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux > openSUSE is good for you > www.opensuse.org >