#613: clean_temp: not safe for concurrent use
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Reporter: hamish | Owner: grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: default | Version: 6.4.0 RCs
Keywords: clean_temp | Platform: All
Cpu: All |
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if you do `$ grass65 -gui` you will see that it prints "Cleaning up
temporary files ..." from init.sh line # 415 devbr6).
i.e. before the interactive startup.
But the new LOCATION_NAME and MAPSET are not really finalized until after
about line 711.
So it's a bummer if you startup another session of GRASS while you have
some process running in the first (good chance the first is the mapset
stored in .grassrc6) which is using temp files. Init.bat has similar
issues, and I would guess that windows isn't as forgiving when you attempt
to delete open files.
if it's a shell script running there's no guarantee that the file will be
kept open between when it's written and when it's needed.
could be a real pain for long running process to have .tmp disappear mid
calculation.
Hamish
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