I saw this message in my error log email today

innd: tradspool: could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58802 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/7: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58803 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/8: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58804 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/9: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58805 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/10: File exists


My server didn't crash, it's been up 21 days. I looked back to
yesterdays log and I had a few similar:

innd: tradspool: could not symlink
/news/spool/articles/alt/radio/talk/1058 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/1: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/alt/radio/talk/1059 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/2: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/alt/radio/talk/1060 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/3: File exists


A google search for the part in the subject returns exactly 0 results
with no solution.

Should I go through the same process as for the "could not open" error
message or should I use a different solution?

Thanks,

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Nigel Reed wrote:

I saw this message in my error log email today

innd: tradspool: could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58802 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/7: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58803 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/8: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58804 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/9: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58805 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/10: File exists

I've had this error in the past and it is of course exactly what it says,
the file exists when trying to create a symlink.

The solution I have found to work is rebuilding overview database. Take
a look here: https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/docs/makehistory.html

The first example near the bottom of the page is probably what you need.

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In article <20230827034742.140fe678@wibble.sysadmininc.com>,
Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

I saw this message in my error log email today

innd: tradspool: could not symlink >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58802 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/7: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58803 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/8: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58804 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/9: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58805 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/10: File exists

My server didn't crash, it's been up 21 days. I looked back to
yesterdays log and I had a few similar:

innd: tradspool: could not symlink
/news/spool/articles/alt/radio/talk/1058 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/1: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/alt/radio/talk/1059 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/2: File exists innd: tradspool:
could not symlink /news/spool/articles/alt/radio/talk/1060 to >/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/3: File exists

A google search for the part in the subject returns exactly 0 results
with no solution.

Should I go through the same process as for the "could not open" error >message or should I use a different solution?

You may need to run makehistory to correct!

Thanks,

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End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:59:20 +0000
retro.guy@rocksolidbbs.com (Retro Guy) wrote:

Nigel Reed wrote:

I saw this message in my error log email today

innd: tradspool: could not symlink /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58802 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/7: File exists innd:
tradspool: could not symlink
/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58803 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/8: File exists innd:
tradspool: could not symlink
/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58804 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/9: File exists innd:
tradspool: could not symlink
/news/spool/articles/talk/politics/misc/58805 to /news/spool/articles/talk/politics/usa/10: File exists

I've had this error in the past and it is of course exactly what it
says, the file exists when trying to create a symlink.

The solution I have found to work is rebuilding overview database.
Take a look here: https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/docs/makehistory.html

The first example near the bottom of the page is probably what you
need.

I was thinking that's probably what I needed to do but thought I'd
check in case the symlink issue was different from unable to open.
Looks like I'm all recovered. Thanks.




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