[ZODB-Dev] HOWTO recover from Data.fs.tmp

[Russ Ferriday]

But for an app to be writing into thin air without complaining -  
THAT's a bug!
Even having a backup of the Data.fs would not help!
Not picking on zope, but if that's what's happening it has to be  
called a bug.
--r

On 2 Oct 2006, at 19:00, Benji York wrote:

> Juan Pablo Giménez wrote:
>> El lun, 02-10-2006 a las 19:41 +0200, Dieter Maurer escribió:
>>> Juan Pablo Giménez wrote at 2006-9-29 18:23 -0300:
>>> >    I have,
>>> >
>>> >        Plone 2.1.2, >        Zope (Zope 2.8.6-final, python  
>>> 2.3.5, linux2), >        Python 2.3.5 (#1, Apr 11 2006, 16:55:30)  
>>> [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian
>>> >        1:3.3.5-13)],
>>> >        >
>>> >    For some reason zope stop writing at Data.fs about a week  
>>> ago. Now i
>>> >have a Data.fs with 1 week older data and a Data.fs.tmp with, I  
>>> hope,
>>> >the new data...
>>> I fear you are out of luck...
>>>
>>> "Data.fs.tmp" usually only contains the last transaction (although,
>>> it may not free unused space at the end).
>> but... that's a bug... why zope keep writing in .tmp file if we  
>> can't recover nothing from there?!?!...
>
> Why is it a bug?  A .tmp file is just that, temporary.  It's not a  
> backup.
> -- 
> Benji York
> Senior Software Engineer
> Zope Corporation
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