[Zope] Re: [Zope-DB] Importing -> Disk full

[Lars H. Korte]

Le grande pinguin schrieb:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:59:38AM +0200, Lars H. Korte wrote:
> > Le grande pinguin schrieb:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 10:11:17AM +0200, Lars H. Korte wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to import a *.zexp File into Zope 2.6 which lies in /opt on a
> > > > RedHat 7.2.
> > > > During the import process the filesystem mounted on / gets full !!!
> > > > Why that? What does Zope do on /, when it's supposed to hold it's data
> > > > in /opt ?
> > > > How can I change this? I cannot change the capacity for / !!!
> > > > Any Ideas?
> > >
> > > What partition does your '/tmp' directory sit on? It's possible that
> > > Zope needs to create temporary files and runs out of space in /tmp.
> > >
> > > hth
> > >
> > >   Ralf Mattes
> > >
> > > > regards
> > > > Lars
> > > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > that was my first idea, too. But taking a look into '/tmp' during the
> > import process, there are NO files that were created? I could not find
> > any!
> 
> That doesn't mean anything. The classic Unix way of doing things like this
> is:
> 
>  - open a (temporary) file.
>  - unlink (delete) it.       <-- from here on the file is "invisible"
>  - do your stuff
>  - close the file            <-- as soon as the file is closed it's inode
>                                  can be reused by the OS.
> 
> This is  nice use of the semantics of Unix/Posix unlink: a file will stay
> arround as long as there is a file descriptor pointing at it.
> 
> > Can't I find something in the Zope-Sources?
> 
> Most likely not - Zope uses Python that very likely uses '(3) mkstemp'
> or a similar libc function.
> Two _possible_ solutions (after checking that '/tmp' realy sits on a
> tight partition):
> 
>    - move '/tmp' to another partition (it should be possible by:
>      'cp -ar /tmp  /opt/tmp && ln -s /opt/tmp /tmp')
> 
>    - start your Zope like this:
>      $ export TMPDIR=/opt/tmp
>      $ /etc/init.d/zope start     # or whatever your zope startscript is ..
> 
>  hth
> 
>     Ralf Mattes
> > regards
> > Lars
> >
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Hi,

thanks a lot, that helped!!!!

regards
Lars