lock files are not being deleted

[Alan Fullmer <li...@xnote.com>]

Is Spamassassin supposed to automatically delete lock files when completed?
I am just wondering why so many files are created, some timestamps are from
the previous day.

My log files show the following:

Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22166]: debug: lock: 22166 trying to get lock on
/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 3 retries
Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22167]: debug: lock: 22167 trying to get lock on
/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 3 retries
Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22164]: debug: lock: 22164 trying to get lock on
/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 7 retries
Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22168]: debug: lock: 22168 trying to get lock on
/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 6 retries
Jan 19 14:17:08 mail spamd[22164]: debug: lock: 22164 trying to get lock on
/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 9 retries
Jan 19 14:17:08 mail spamd[22164]: Cannot open bayes databases 
/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/W: lock failed: File exists


It then has several files such as:  bayes.lock.mail.domain.com.21886


Is this a sign that a process is not completing?   Just curious if anyone
has an idea.

Thanks in advance

Alan Fullmer
www.xnote.com
www.zoobuh.com

RE: lock files are not being deleted

[Gary V <mr...@hotmail.com>]

>Is Spamassassin supposed to automatically delete lock files when completed?
>I am just wondering why so many files are created, some timestamps are from
>the previous day.
>
>My log files show the following:
>
>Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22166]: debug: lock: 22166 trying to get lock on
>/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 3 retries
>Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22167]: debug: lock: 22167 trying to get lock on
>/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 3 retries
>Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22164]: debug: lock: 22164 trying to get lock on
>/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 7 retries
>Jan 19 14:17:06 mail spamd[22168]: debug: lock: 22168 trying to get lock on
>/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 6 retries
>Jan 19 14:17:08 mail spamd[22164]: debug: lock: 22164 trying to get lock on
>/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes with 9 retries
>Jan 19 14:17:08 mail spamd[22164]: Cannot open bayes databases
>/home/filter/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/W: lock failed: File exists
>
>
>It then has several files such as:  bayes.lock.mail.domain.com.21886
>
>
>Is this a sign that a process is not completing?   Just curious if anyone
>has an idea.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Alan Fullmer

Are you using the default NFS-safe locking system? If so, consider flock:
http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/dist/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html#miscellaneous_options

Gary V

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