When using srm recursively, a 'too many files open' error occurs.
Bug #453610 reported by
Nathan Caza
This bug affects 3 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| secure-delete (Debian) |
Incomplete
|
Unknown
|
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| secure-delete (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: secure-delete
Using srm with the -r option, on a large directory (many files) the file descriptor handles are not closed properly and the files are left open.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 16 17:43:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: secure-delete 3.1-4
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: secure-delete
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
Revision history for this message
| Nathan Caza (mastercactapus) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in secure-delete (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mastercactapus (mastercactapus) |
| Changed in secure-delete (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Mastercactapus (mastercactapus) → nobody |
| Changed in secure-delete (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in secure-delete (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
Revision history for this message
| David Futcher (bobbo) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: patch-forwarded-debian |
| Changed in secure-delete (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
| Changed in secure-delete (Debian): | |
| status: | Fix Released → New |
| Changed in secure-delete (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
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I have forwarded this patch to the linked Debian bug report as it did not seem to be present there.