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Date:      Sat, 20 Dec 1997 12:03:13 +1100 (EST)
From:      Andrew <andrew@house.key.net.au>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   kern/5349: File shows 0 bytes but actually contains 1MB
Message-ID:  <199712200103.MAA12738@house.key.net.au>
Resent-Message-ID: <199712200110.RAA08554@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         5349
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       File shows 0 bytes but actually contains 1MB
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 19 17:10:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew
>Organization:
UgH!
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386
>Environment:

FreeBSD house.key.net.au 2.2-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0: Tue Aug 12 14:11:49 E
ST 1997     andrew@house.key.net.au:/usr/src/sys/compile/HOUSE  i386

>Description:

We had a user trying to check their mail via POP (we use Qpop). He complained that his email client would tell him he had 3 messages but when he tried to check them it would sit there for half an hour and then time out. On checking the logs I founjd:

Dec 20 10:16:10 ***** popper[11201]: *****@*****.******.key.net.au: -ERR SIGHUP or SIGPIPE flagged

(names removed)

I used ls -s to see how large his mail file was and it was reported as 0 bytes. I sent the user a test email. I ran ls -s again and the file was still reported as 0 bytes. I mored the file and there was a number of messages, including my test message. When I quit more I tried ls -s again. The file was now 1132 K (approx).

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
	

>Audit-Trail:
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