/tmp files

There are some files in my /tmp directory all called galleryXXXXXX, where the X is some number or letter. They are all zero bytes, but the problem is they don't seem to be deleting themselves, unlike the sess_******..... files which disappear eventually.

I guess my questions are what is the function of the galleryXXXXXX files? And if there are any ideas on why they aren't deleting themselves? I can do it by hand but that's not a satisfactory solution.

I am running Gallery 1.3.1.

Thanks!

Hi. I believe you've stumbled on a Gallery bug!!

Here's my hunch:

This only happens if you do one of the following:
-Upload a zip file via Browse
-Add links from a directory
The file is deleted if you do the following
-Upload an image/movie file via Browse

The thing is... the temp file holding the current image being processed only gets added to the "delete this temp file" list if move_upload_file() returns true. But this won't return true on the zip file images or for a local file. So those temp files never get deleted. Aha! Okay... I'm gonna go make a bug report. I'll keep you posted on the results.

-Beckett (beck@beckettmw.com)

Thanks Beckett for the quick reply on this. I have implemented a simple workaround (on a Linux box) until the real fix comes along.

In the file: save_photos.php

I added this line:

system('rm /tmp/gallery*');

right before this (around line 357):

if ($temp_files) {
/* Clean up the temporary url file */
foreach ($temp_files as $tf => $junk) {
fs_unlink($tf);
}

Russ

Fixed! Grab 1.3.2-cvs-b32 or wait till ~Monday and get the official 1.3.2.
Thanks for the heads up!