Wow, I was in the Sun blogging tool, it is Apache Roller, and I deleted an image file. The name had a typo. Anyway, I caught it displaying a .nfs file:

.nfs797 is a file which was deleted, but which some other application has a file handle open. Since it was deleted and that file name might be reused, a temporary file name is assigned to the deleted file. You might see this a lot on some of your systems. Now, if the server reboots before the client releases the file handle, it might keep .nfs on disk for a very long time. And if these files are large, they will eat up your space.

Under Solaris, you can use /usr/lib/fs/nfs/nfsfind to clean up ones which are over a week old:

if [ ! -s /etc/dfs/sharetab ]; then exit ; fi

# Get all NFS filesystems exported with read-write permission.

DIRS=`/usr/bin/nawk '($3 != "nfs") { next }
        ($4 ~ /^rw$|^rw,|^rw=|,rw,|,rw=|,rw$/) { print $1; next }
        ($4 !~ /^ro$|^ro,|^ro=|,ro,|,ro=|,ro$/) { print $1 }' /etc/dfs/sharetab`

for dir in $DIRS
do
        find $dir -type f -name .nfs\* -mtime +7 -mount -exec rm -f {} \;
done

For fun, what do you think happens to any of those .nfs files which are still referenced by a client? Well, they get a new .nfs name. The name isn't special, it is just a convention. Think about it for a while.

Okay, two of the three boxes got here from NewEgg.com today. Of course, the motherboard is still in transit, so no DIY tonight. Anyway, the box was open on my doorstep. I caught the guy and asked him to document that it was open. He kinda acted like it was a shock to him, later I saw all the popcorn all over my yard. He scanned in the label and that was that. Here is what it looked like:

You can see the popcorn and how the box experienced stress down below. Everything in the manifest was in there and except for the SATA cables, it was all packed nicely. It looks like I opened the box with a razor, but no, it was the stress.

Anyway, here is the stuff right out of the box. The CPU, thermal paste, and SATA connectors:

The CPU was the top bubble ball. Note, I've never gotten the OEM cpu, I normally get the RETAIL - which means that it is in a box. Still, it was secure. One of the review concerns was bent pins - a quick check showed I didn't have that problem.

Okay, here are the video card, memory, and XP Pro. Hmm, the XP Pro package is different than what I got in the past.

Finally, here are the PSU and the Scythe CPU fan:

Everything looks good. I also got the P180B box - it has a hole in the bottem. I haven't taken pics of it yet. I could install the PSU tonight, but I want to wait until I get the motherboard. I also need to get a space ready for the build.