Re: Strange Informix files?

Posted in 1997

Noble Systems Corp. — Sat, 27 Sep 1997 02:56:45 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Steven L Cooper" <scooper@thecompounders.com> wrote: >Hello, >I am running OWS v7.20 on SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 >On the two system directories that I use for Informix databases there are >files named .ilog0000 that has no permissions and are owned by root with a >group of 60007. Are these normal? I cannot view or delete them and any >backup fails for the same reason... >eg: >---------- 1 root 60007 10240 May 13 14:11 .ilog0000 >drwxr-xr-x 4 informix informix 512 Sep 4 17:23 IFMXDATA >drwxrwxrwx 2 informix informix 512 May 13 14:11 lost+found >Steve >-- >Ignorance can be cured! >scooper@thecompounders.com The .ilog file (despite the name) is actually part of the SCO operating system. This file keeps the intent log which is how SCO's HTFS filesystem type implements file system journaling. Depending on exactly how your backup scripts are written, you should be able to tell the backup to ignore that file.