The permissions of the files in the working/new directory are: -rw------- 1 qscand nofiles 874 Dec 5 14:45 ark119690195249426093
I take it back, there are not thousands of files in there, there are HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of files in there. Holy... is right. Help! Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bookworm Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:30 PM To: qmail-scanner-general@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general] Qmail-Scanner Working Directory Overfloweth Matthew Goodman wrote: > Hi all, > > Currently my /var/spool/qmailscan/working folder is not being cleared out. > > What exactly is in this folder, and why are there thousands and thousands > of files in there? Is there any easy way to flush that out and recover the > space? > > Every night my backup routine runs, it takes hours for this directory > alone. Since the backup is disk-image based and not file/directory based, > there is no way to exclude this directory. > > Any thoughts? Thanks. > > Matt > Holy... 'working' should never have anything left behind. That smacks of a permissions issue problem. The files are created, read, and used, but can't be deleted. what are the permissions and ownerships of the files in /working, as well as the main /qmailscan folder? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list Qmail-scanner-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list Qmail-scanner-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
