RE: Solaris UNIX FM5.5.6 /tmp directory error

["Ede, Craig" <craig.ede@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The error is caused by fmbatch itself during various FM calls (opens, closes, etc.); so it is internal to FM operation. I tried to express that by indicating that it is doing dynamic creation and cleanup but failing in that in some instances.

In the case of the multi-user environment it happens when maker is called and attempts to create or remove .fm* dir(s) that are already created by other users. I'm sure we could use TMPDIR to create user specific dirs in /tmp or elsewhere to solve that problem, but the cleanup issue is still there.

The 1.printerlist file is an example of something FM is creating and not cleaning up and then complaining about because it prevents the deletion of the directory containing it. This is from the stdout log of the script at the point where fmbatch is opening a MIF file to convert to binary FM:

Adobe Frame MIF file (my echo command)
starting maker ... (fmbatch invokes maker)
rmdir: directory "/tmp/.fmU2g3SUL.3DN": Directory not empty

I don't think our shared license Unix installation is creating the 1.printerlist file via some customization. I expect that this is (pretty much) a default FM installation. At any rate, my Unix admins are not aware of anything special we are doing that would cause  this to behave differently. 

BTW: This is a Unix Solaris. (I've added this to the subject line.)

Thanks.

Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Michanek [mailto:thomas.michanek@telia.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:07 AM
To: Ede, Craig
Cc: Free Framers
Subject: Re: UNIX FM5.5.6 /tmp directory error


> I'm getting a lot of errors involving .fm* directories in
> /tmp while running fmbatch scripts in FM5.5.6.
> 
> The errors typically read something like:
> rmdir: directory "/tmp/.fmU2g3SUL.xxx": Directory not empty.

It would help to know what your fmbatch script looks like.
Are you yourself issuing the "rmdir" command; if so why?
Or is this something that FM seems to be invoking?
What commands are you using and when does the error occur?

Your description of the /tmp/.fm* directories is correct,
and it seems like you or FM is trying to delete files
before the associated document has been able to "recover"
these files, perhaps during save.


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Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
Technical Writer, Uppsala, Sweden
mailto:Thomas.Michanek@telia.com
http://go.to/framers/
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