Rename any cdb files outside of the manifest - #486
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Rename them as *.bak files. This aligns with the ledger, which does the same thing at startup. These files are expected when a stop or crash happens during a journal compaction. In this case, files may be created - but not added to the manifest. These orphaned files will be in the post_compact folder. It is less expected for folders in the non-compact area, but can still happen when there is a crash during the delete_pending state. The garbage is not collected (deleted) - but this just makes it easier for OS admins to clear it, as they don't need erlang functions, *.bak files can be assumed to be garbage.
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Please double check file renaming, I didn't get what actually happened there.
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* Rename any cdb files outside of the manifest Rename them as *.bak files. This aligns with the ledger, which does the same thing at startup. These files are expected when a stop or crash happens during a journal compaction. In this case, files may be created - but not added to the manifest. These orphaned files will be in the post_compact folder. It is less expected for folders in the non-compact area, but can still happen when there is a crash during the delete_pending state. The garbage is not collected (deleted) - but this just makes it easier for OS admins to clear it, as they don't need erlang functions, *.bak files can be assumed to be garbage. * Update src/leveled_inker.erl Co-authored-by: Thomas Arts <thomas.arts@quviq.com> * Add comment following review * Format correctly --------- Co-authored-by: Thomas Arts <thomas.arts@quviq.com>
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* Rename any cdb files outside of the manifest Rename them as *.bak files. This aligns with the ledger, which does the same thing at startup. These files are expected when a stop or crash happens during a journal compaction. In this case, files may be created - but not added to the manifest. These orphaned files will be in the post_compact folder. It is less expected for folders in the non-compact area, but can still happen when there is a crash during the delete_pending state. The garbage is not collected (deleted) - but this just makes it easier for OS admins to clear it, as they don't need erlang functions, *.bak files can be assumed to be garbage. * Update src/leveled_inker.erl Co-authored-by: Thomas Arts <thomas.arts@quviq.com> * Add comment following review * Format correctly --------- Co-authored-by: Thomas Arts <thomas.arts@quviq.com>
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* Rename any cdb files outside of the manifest Rename them as *.bak files. This aligns with the ledger, which does the same thing at startup. These files are expected when a stop or crash happens during a journal compaction. In this case, files may be created - but not added to the manifest. These orphaned files will be in the post_compact folder. It is less expected for folders in the non-compact area, but can still happen when there is a crash during the delete_pending state. The garbage is not collected (deleted) - but this just makes it easier for OS admins to clear it, as they don't need erlang functions, *.bak files can be assumed to be garbage. * Update src/leveled_inker.erl Co-authored-by: Thomas Arts <thomas.arts@quviq.com> * Add comment following review * Format correctly --------- Co-authored-by: Thomas Arts <thomas.arts@quviq.com>
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Rename them as *.bak files. This aligns with the ledger, which does the same thing at startup.
These files are expected when a stop or crash happens during a journal compaction. In this case, files may be created - but not added to the manifest. These orphaned files will be in the post_compact folder.
It is less expected for folders in the non-compact area, but can still happen when there is a crash during the delete_pending state.
The garbage is not collected (deleted) - but this just makes it easier for OS admins to clear it, as they don't need erlang functions, *.bak files can be assumed to be garbage.