From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jun 02 11:04:02 2020 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jun 2020 15:04:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40587 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jg8SQ-0007j3-IN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:04:02 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:37898) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jg3R8-00034n-Vo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:42:23 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jg3R8-0006RK-N2 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:42:22 -0400 Received: from mail-il1-x12c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::12c]:35036) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jg3R7-0006lW-SU for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:42:22 -0400 Received: by mail-il1-x12c.google.com with SMTP id l6so1346823ilo.2 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2020 02:42:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=X4XNf7NUrFgEDfA7PmHRidiN5z2t3sgQNwpbQbwuJ0s=; b=KzRw8CuYIEwvHh5wl3gSvja3jteXuG7pVSRNWolAQOjnVsTKnWaOuM1DPVoOX970CE I+H8pL+Jf13NP1L13Qsxyz7Lt+mQT5zycK59apEBBpVnAqB/0o/qAfnTMBDoY9huREXF 4v7OIUC1A6rb+YQVPPH72MF6CwK+og10TBqebGh9QVe6oeP8pYCVDPSTHvGEHBUfRoYt WmeACWsiflE5agX/ZidtMywsf+zy82q7LIIkZltUEroHgGb1p++8AI8SyOB/elaNTz1j w40EHpexYATSttVAYFtpb8/UNBW+34cZtzchZH3/EqVjZws0wtgUnsaxkSPfTrznGlRZ LBWw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=X4XNf7NUrFgEDfA7PmHRidiN5z2t3sgQNwpbQbwuJ0s=; b=Pcc5A6J+/NTFz/kLo1Lc5+ybL+9RjgQBsGOchMhCugE8P7kgWCnFo87oTq9IArd6U4 LypcwmYDCpVmOc4t0S9tX6P1Eauu6R+XGgcog3apFXEP1SfwBxVHOn1++v1m8tuffmY7 /QSAZPSeS1l8XjJlw2GR9QvIMP3JGBNRgBNYxobKm0i5vp1ARvE8I8+BpHRtvWZ6EMIK KdXEBcDbXFaSke+liIs1uKLk0jgzfIwSY+7GJdxF8CR6UuRQZ+KVoNpgeiezURFOEl15 voQIhU7p9z9pLb1K7xoe9Ia5fweD7DSFLI4vy+y8uW/V/3m13cDt/XdYkejALT1ZPrDM R1rQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531CVvUS2rDHHT5zr2CQrkCq8z3MUvnLwfoWhPmdN6IJwpZFeTpS B6i9PMBQa2RQmQ2yg4D8/376D1Wzs+Hcq38DnTK1/pzBcEU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw20s1IEtsGdfRFzpXDH4eyu7UQMhI/yk4vaALZx1TixSMivUafRBhM7K8FJI6lbtiGITGTD+dGuaxgR4UAzeY= X-Received: by 2002:a92:1309:: with SMTP id 9mr22048346ilt.242.1591090939817; Tue, 02 Jun 2020 02:42:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Sumit Gupta Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 15:12:08 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: du give file not accessible To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000045f38e05a716baa2" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::12c; envelope-from=sumitg1011@gmail.com; helo=mail-il1-x12c.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 02 Jun 2020 11:04:02 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) --00000000000045f38e05a716baa2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hey Team, I have encountered this issue that while running the du command I get the error like "file not present". This generally happens because the du command and deletion operation are working in parallel, meaning when the du operation is triggered at that the file is present but during the operation the file is deleted so, at the time of output when the command actually tries to access the file to run the operation, it fails to locate the file. Is this expected or shall the command be modified to ignore such files? Thanks, Sumit --00000000000045f38e05a716baa2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hey Team,

I have encountered this issue= that while running the du command I get the error like "file not pres= ent".

This generally happens because the du c= ommand and deletion operation are working in parallel, meaning when the du = operation is triggered at that the file is present but during the operation= the file is deleted so, at the time of output when the command actually tr= ies to access the file to run the operation, it fails to locate=C2=A0the fi= le.

Is this expected or shall the command be modif= ied to ignore such files?

Thanks,
Sumit<= /div>
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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 41664 Cc: 41664@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) On 6/2/20 2:42 AM, Sumit Gupta wrote: > Is this expected or shall the command be modified to ignore such files? It does seem reasonable that 'du' should ignore a file when the system call says ENOENT, since the file isn't there and cannot be consuming disk space.