[ZendTo] Abandoned files in 'incoming'

[Jules]

John,

Bad news on this one, I'm afraid.

I just checked the PHP docs, and the location of the incoming directory 
(normally /var/zendto/incoming) can *only* set in php.ini or httpd.conf.
In
     https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php
"upload_tmp_dir" is listed as being of type "PHP_INI_SYSTEM" which, 
according to
     https://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.changes.modes.php
means it can't be set in running PHP code.

So the definition is going to have to stay where it is. Sorry about that.

Cheers,
Jules.

On Thu 10/12/20 15:28, Jules via ZendTo wrote:
> John,
>
> On Tue 08/12/20 20:28, John Thurston via ZendTo wrote:
>>
>> 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)?
> Historical, that's all. At that point I probably didn't know about 
> ini_set(). :-)
>
>>
>> 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).
> Yet it should.
> Right now I have an important bug fix to get out the door (I really 
> must remember to create git branches occasionally), but this will 
> definitely get added to the list.
>
>> 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?
> You shouldn't have, no. It won't overwrite the cron job as you've 
> changed it, and ZendTo never touches php.ini again after the Installer 
> has done its bit.
>
> Which also reminds me that I need to improve the Installer. Pretty 
> much all distros now have a /etc/php.d directory of some sort 
> somewhere, so I can just put all the ZendTo settings in a new file in 
> there, and not need to touch the main php.ini file at all.
>
> 1 change I am definitely going to make right now though, is to change 
> the yum/rpm upgrade behaviour so that modified *.tpl template files 
> are moved out of the way and the new ones become active.
> I get too many queries from people who slightly tweaked one of the 
> template files, and after they upgrade they can't understand why it 
> breaks.
>
> I won't overwrite their tweaked file, but I will now move it to 
> *.rpmsave and put the new one in place. They will then immediately see 
> a ZendTo service that works, but is just missing the odd bit of 
> customisation they did.
>
> Cheers,
> Jules.
>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Do things because you should, not just because you can.
>>
>> John Thurston    907-465-8591
>> John.Thurston at alaska.gov
>> Department of Administration
>> State of Alaska
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