[softwarelist] Re: Odd behaviour from SparkFS - or was Samba the Culprit
- From: David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:26:15 +0100
Hi,
In message <479dade351.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner
<public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
In message <7bFLQ9A8s89NFwgG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The problem might be caused by something else. When you create an
archive with SparkFS, the file is kept open for some time, even with
read/write access. That does not cause any problems because the file
is automatically closed when some other program tries to read it.
That is true. It is kind of a special case of "is the filetype the
problem".
The one that always worries me is the 5 seconds (it is configurable)
that SparkFS leaves files open with unwritten data - if you're really
quick you can copy things to floppy or whatever in that time, usually
resulting in a file that is a lot bigger than it should be.
There is a SparkFS option, to "forget" an archive, useful if you want to
close it and flush data. (also removes it from memory)
I suppose one could fiddle with the existing "ImageFSFix" module to make
image files appear as ordinary files to certain applications. For
example I have always wanted to load archive files into Edit.
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