[Xapian-discuss] Problems with file descriptors

[R. Mattes]

On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 17:28 +0000, Olly Betts wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 06:17:15PM +0100, R. Mattes wrote:
> > At the same time, check who has a handle on the DB:
> > 
> >  fuser -p /your/path/to/data/base/default/termlixt_baseA
> 
> (I don't think you want "-p" here, BTW...)

No, you replied faster than i was able to correct - should of course
be '-u'. But it looks like this is really a problem of the binding ...

 Cheers, RalfD

> This is a good thing to check, but you need to look at termlist_DB, not
> termlist_baseA.  There may not be a _baseA at all (if _baseB holds the
> only valid revision), and the base files are only opened very briefly
> while opening the database.  It's the _DB which is held open while the
> database is.
> 
> That's for quartz - for flint, check termlist.DB instead of termlist_DB.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Olly