[pmwiki-users] Unknown files in wiki.d/ (from pmwiki v1)
Crisses
crisses at ofobscurity.com
Sun Jul 24 13:46:21 CDT 2005
On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:59 PM, chr at home.se wrote:
> Hi
>
> I found these in wiki.d/ from an installation using pmwiki-v1
>
> -rw--w---- 1 apache wiki 375 27 aug 2004 txt6ekeWO.orig
> -rw--w---- 1 apache wiki 41 27 aug 2004 txt6ekeWO.rej
>
> what are they?
temp files
> Is it safe to delete them?
Yes
> Then I also found
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache wiki 0 24 jul 19.53 .flock
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache wiki 31 4 aug 2003 .htaccess
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache wiki 23 24 jul 15.13 .mailposts
>
> where I know that .flock is the locking flag (although I was
> expecting a
> directory, don't know why though). .htaccess is also familiar of
> course.
>
> But I do wonder about the purpose of .mailposts? Is it there to
> remember
> the last time a mail was sent?
Yeah -- it holds the posting notifications until the time that it's
to send them. (when squelch expires, the next hit on the wiki sends
the email out)
> Perhaps we should create a wiki page documenting the kinds of
> temporary
> files that are used by pmwiki?
Good idea.
Crisses
--
"Oh, look: a box. I wonder what it has in it," said Pandora.
Schrödinger looks over apprehensively, "Maybe it's a dead cat."
Pandora looks thoughtful a moment and mutters, "Oh. Yeah.
Hrm....Wanna open it?"
"Hell no!" exclaims Schrödinger, "Do *you* wanna open it?"
"Fuckno," denied Pandora, then looks sheepish. "But I *really* want
to know what's inside..."
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