Are any of the files in question larger than 2 gb? I have had that same problem with older versions of cfengine and large files. Also, I have noticed similar problems with corrupted filesystems. An fsck may reveal more info.
Best, Brendan -- Senior System Administrator The University of Chicago Department of Computer Science http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/brendan http://praksys.blogspot.com/ Christopher Browne wrote: > I'm getting cases where old files that *ought* to be purgeable are > failing to be tidied out by the tidy: section. > > For each such file, I'm getting error messages thus: > > Can't stat backup1.2006-05-15.gpg > (/opt/escrow/info/backups/backup1.2006-05-15.gpg) > Can't stat backup1.2006-05-24.gpg > (/opt/escrow/info/backups/backup1.2006-05-24.gpg) > Can't stat backup1.2006-05-20.gpg > (/opt/escrow/info/backups/backup1.2006-05-20.gpg) > Can't stat backup1.2006-05-23.gpg > (/opt/escrow/info/backups/backup1.2006-05-23.gpg) > Can't stat backup2.2006-05-23.bz2 > (/opt/escrow/org/backups/backup2.2006-05-23.bz2) > Can't stat backup2.2006-05-21.bz2 > (/opt/escrow/org/backups/backup2.2006-05-21.bz2) > Can't stat backup2.2006-05-20.bz2 > (/opt/escrow/org/backups/backup2.2006-05-20.bz2) > Can't stat backup2.2006-05-24.bz2 > (/opt/escrow/org/backups/backup2.2006-05-24.bz2) > Can't stat tld2dump.2006-05-24.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/tld2dump.2006-05-24.gpg) > Can't stat pgdump.2006-05-23.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/pgdump.2006-05-23.gpg) > Can't stat tld2dump.2006-05-16.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/tld2dump.2006-05-16.gpg) > Can't stat tld2dump.2006-05-21.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/tld2dump.2006-05-21.gpg) > Can't stat tld2dump.2006-05-23.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/tld2dump.2006-05-23.gpg) > Can't stat pgdump.2006-05-24.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/pgdump.2006-05-24.gpg) > Can't stat pgdump.2006-05-20.gpg (/opt/escrow/site1/pgdump.2006-05-20.gpg) > > The files are there; they have perfectly appropriate permissions; tidy > is clearing out other files that seem to have the same attributes. > > The relevant rules are thus: > > postgres.tor_520_dap901:: > /opt/escrow > recurse=4 > pattern=*.bz2 > age=6 > > /opt/escrow > recurse=4 > pattern=*.gpg > age=4 > > /opt/escrow > recurse=4 > pattern=*.sig > age=20 > > I don't see a good reason to be unable to stat the files... > -- > wm(X,Y):-write(X),write('@'),write(Y). wm('cbbrowne','linuxfinances.info'). > http://linuxdatabases.info/info/postgresql.html > Rules of the Evil Overlord #181. "I will decree that all hay be > shipped in tightly-packed bales. Any wagonload of loose hay attempting > to pass through a checkpoint will be set on fire." > <http://www.eviloverlord.com/> > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > http://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org http://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
