Re: problem: .overview~[0-9]*~ files not being deleted

[wayne <wayne@schlitt.net>]

In <uy83x5j53.fsf@vignette.com> Kevin Greiner <kevin.greiner@vignette.com> writes:

> wayne <wayne@schlitt.net> writes:
>
>> A while back, I suddenly started to accumulate old .overview~[0-9]*~
>> files in my ~/News/agent/ subdirectories.  They stick around for ever,
>> so it isn't just keeping the last 4 files.  They seem to accumulate in
>> most groups, but maybe not all of them.
>>
>> [...]
>
> The cron job is a good idea.  The agent is generating these files
> because it corrected an error in the overview file.

I saw some discussions about the backup overview files being created
when errors were detected, so I went and deleted *all* the overview
files.  The backup files were immediately being created.  So, this
isn't a case of a rare corruption of the .overview that sticks around.
Whatever it is, the problem happens very quickly.


-wayne