08-14-2015
These just look like child and parent processes to me. I don't see a problem there.
I think we need to review the facts of this issue.
The files you have trouble deleting are ONLY the one's created via ftp/sftp from another system, yes?
The files created in that way can then be listed and show a non-zero size, and are normal files, yes?
When you 'rm' these files they "re-appear" as zero length files. Do they actually get removed and then recreate themselves, or do they simply get reduced to zero length? Can you tell what is happening?
You say the inode numbers aren't changing. If you create, say, 10 files via ftp and list them, all 10 will be zero length after rm with the same inode numbers, yes?
What type of filesystem is it? I'm not an AIX expert but have you checked the integrity of this filesystem with the appropriate tool?
If you have more than one filesystem does this issue occur if you try it on another filesystem?
Sorry for all the questions but this issue sounds real strange.
Incidentally, files being created via ftp with zero length is a well known problem on some Unix O/S's but you definitely say that the created files are non-zero when first copied onto the system?
Last edited by hicksd8; 08-14-2015 at 07:43 AM..
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RMM(1) [nmh-1.5] RMM(1)
NAME
rmm - remove messages
SYNOPSIS
rmm [+folder] [msgs] [-unlink | -nounlink] [-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
By default, rmm will remove the specified messages by renaming each of the message files with a site-dependent prefix (usually a comma).
Such files will then need to be removed in some manner after a certain amount of time. Many sites arrange for cron to remove these files
once a day, so check with your system administrator.
Alternately, if you wish for rmm to really remove the files representing these messages, you can use the -unlink switch. But messages
removed by this method cannot be later recovered.
If you prefer a more sophisticated method of `removing' messages, you can define the rmmproc profile component. For example, you can add a
profile component such as
rmmproc: /home/foouser/bin/rmm_msgs
then instead of simply renaming the message file, rmm will call the named program or script to handle the files that represent the messages
to be deleted.
Some users of csh prefer the following:
alias rmm 'refile +d'
where folder `+d' is a folder for deleted messages, and
alias mexp 'rm `mhpath +d all`'
is used to "expunge" deleted messages.
The current message is not changed by rmm, so a next
will advance to the next message in the folder as expected.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's nmh directory
Current-Folder: To find the default current folder
rmmproc: Program to delete the message
SEE ALSO
refile(1), rmf(1)
DEFAULTS
`+folder' defaults to the current folder
`msgs' defaults to cur
`-nounlink'
CONTEXT
If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
BUGS
Since refile uses your rmmproc to delete the message, the rmmproc must NOT call refile without specifying -normmproc, or you will create an
infinte loop.
MH.6.8 11 June 2012 RMM(1)