Subj : Stale Busy Files?
To   : All
From : Jeff Smith
Date : Wed Sep 18 2019 08:17 pm

Hello There,

I am contining to have a problem with stale or undeleted busy files. I have 
decided to use the unprefered option of setting up an event to periodically
use FIDOPOLL to kill all busy files. As it looks like FIDOPOLL doesn't always
delete the busy file. Looking at the logs seems to indicate the the FIDOPOLL
connection doesn't always end completely or correctly while at other times in
the log the connection does complete with the same remote system. Curreently
"My" Mystic only connects to two remote systems. A BBBS system and a BinkD
system. My presumption is that either BinkD isn't completing the connection 
ORFIDOPOLL isn't detecting the connection being completed and then doesn't
remove the busy file.

This last busy period lasted the better part of 24 hours. I have since added 
a Mystic event to delete all busy files once every 12 hours until a better
solution to the busy is sue can be found.  


Sep 18 00:41:01 Polling BINKP node 21:1/128 (Jeff Smith) by IPV4
Sep 18 00:41:01 Connecting to bbs.ouijabrd.net
Sep 18 00:41:01 Using address 65.103.12.161
Sep 18 00:41:01 Connected IPV4 to 65.103.12.161
Sep 18 00:41:01 S: NUL SYS The Twisted Balloon
Sep 18 00:41:01 S: NUL ZYZ Jeff Smith
[...]
Sep 18 00:41:01 R: ADR 1:282/1031.0@fidonet 1:14/5.0@fidonet 21:1/128.0@fsxnet 
        1:14/0.0@fidonet 1:299/0.0@fidonet 1:300/0.0@fidonet 1:290/0.0@fidonet
Sep 18 00:41:02 S: PWD
Sep 18 00:41:02 R: OK 
Sep 18 00:41:02 S: NUL QSIZE 0 files 0 bytes
Sep 18 00:41:02 R: EOB 
Sep 18 00:41:02 S: EOB 
Sep 18 00:41:02 Session ended (0 sent, 0 rcvd, 0 skip)

Sep 18 00:42:01 FIDOPOLL Version 1.12 A43 2019/03/02
Sep 18 00:42:01 Looking up address "1:3634/12" in nodelist
Sep 18 00:42:01 Scanning 1:3634/12
Sep 18 00:42:01 Queued 0 files (0 bytes) to 1:3634/12
[...]
Sep 18 00:42:01 R: NUL TIME Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:42:01 -0400
Sep 18 00:42:01 Info TIME Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:42:01 -0400
Sep 18 00:42:01 R: NUL VER binkd/1.1a-99/Linux binkp/1.1
Sep 18 00:42:01 Mailer binkd/1.1a-99/Linux binkp/1.1
Sep 18 00:42:01 R: ADR  1:3634/12@fidonet 1:3634/0@fidonet 1:123/0@fidonet 
        1:18/0@fidonet 1:1/120@fidonet 432:1/139@vkradio

-----------------  MUTIL v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 Wed, Sep 18 2019 (loglevel 2)
+ Sep 18 00:41:02  Startup using import.ini
+ Sep 18 00:41:02  Process: Importing EchoMail
+ Sep 18 00:41:02    Waiting for BUSY nodes
+ Sep 18 00:41:02    Importing 5d81bf58.pkt (1:3634/12 to 1:14/6)
+ Sep 18 00:41:02  Results: 5 echo, 0 net, 0 dupes, 0 tossed in 0.04s
+ Sep 18 00:41:02  Shutdown Normal (0)

-----------------  MUTIL v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 Wed, Sep 18 2019 (loglevel 2)
+ Sep 18 00:42:02  Startup using import.ini
+ Sep 18 00:42:02  Process: Importing EchoMail
+ Sep 18 00:42:02    Waiting for BUSY nodes
+ Sep 18 00:43:02  Results: Cannot import. Some nodes are BUSY in 60.07s
! Sep 18 00:43:02  Status: FATAL
+ Sep 18 00:43:02  Shutdown Normal (0)

-----------------  MUTIL v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 Wed, Sep 18 2019 (loglevel 2)
+ Sep 18 01:12:03  Startup using import.ini
+ Sep 18 01:12:03  Process: Importing EchoMail
+ Sep 18 01:12:03    Waiting for BUSY nodes
+ Sep 18 01:13:03  Results: Cannot import. Some nodes are BUSY in 60.07s
! Sep 18 01:13:03  Status: FATAL
+ Sep 18 01:13:03  Shutdown Normal (0)


Jeff

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 * Origin: The Twisted Balloon - bbs.twisted-balloon.org (1:14/6)

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