[ZendTo] Abandoned files in 'incoming'

[John Thurston]

On 12/3/2020 2:52 AM, Jules wrote:
>> 1) I see a reference in the preferences:
>>
>>   // This is where your drop-offs are stored.
>>   // It must be on the same filesystem as /var/zendto/incoming, and
>>   // on preferably on the same filesystem as /var/zendto.
>>   'dropboxDirectory'     => NSSDROPBOX_DATA_DIR."dropoffs",
>>
>> Why the "same filesystem" requirement for 'incoming' and 'dropoffs'?

> Because it basically does a "mv" from the incoming directory to the 
> dropoffs directory.
> If they are on the same filesystem, that is an instant atomic operation.
> If they aren't, that could take minutes, where the user will just be 
> left waiting and wondering why his upload got to 100% and then just sat 
> there!

>>
>> 2) The lines above define 'dropoffs'. Where is 'incoming' defined?
> php.ini. It's the temporary upload location that PHP uses.

Found it, thank you.

Why isn't this defined in preferences (with the rest)?

It could be explicitly listed, or relative to NSSDROPBOX_DATA_DIR 
(especially considering we'd like all that stuff to be in a common file 
system).

By tweaking php.ini, and the path in the scavenging cron job, have I set 
myself up for complications in the next ZendTo version-update?


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