From cba40d7fec8017adb811e512bafa6eb2f9c13685 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:48:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Properly document new backlog file resilience --- backends/innduct.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/backends/innduct.c b/backends/innduct.c index 57eb9db..092c693 100644 --- a/backends/innduct.c +++ b/backends/innduct.c @@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ * unlinked by duct * site.name_duct.defer 431'd articles, still being written, * created, written, used by duct - * site.name_backlog.lock lock taken out by innxmit wrapper - * holder and its child are "xmit" + * * site.name_backlog_. * 431'd articles, ready for innxmit or duct * created (link/mv) by duct @@ -37,6 +36,12 @@ * anything the sysadmin likes (eg, feed files * from old feeds to be merged into this one) * created (link/mv) by admin + * may be symlinks (in which case links + * may be written through, but only links + * will be removed. + * + * It is safe to remove backlog files manually, + * if it's desired to throw away the backlog. * * Backlog files are also processed by innduct. We find the oldest * backlog file which is at least a certain amount old, and feed it -- 2.30.2