On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:31:47 -0600 Tim Waugh <twaugh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 16:17 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Actually, here is the listing: > > > > total 4047156 > > -rw-------. 1 root lp 884 Dec 18 19:58 c00001 > > drwxrwx--T. 2 root lp 4096 Jan 7 04:42 tmp > > -rw-r-----. 1 root lp 4144272668 Jan 13 18:35 00000000 > > That large file, 00000000, is a temporary file holding the request > document (generally the file to be printed). It's meant to be cleaned > up as soon as the request is submitted, so it looks like something went > wrong during job submission *and* for some reason CUPS didn't clear up > the temporary file. > > Unfortunately I can't see any situation where this could happen, looking > through the code. Perhaps there was a power failure? or a battery down/hibernate (the machine is a laptop). that is possible. but the machine has been through a few boots after that. thanks for the help, all! i have removed that file. best wishes, ranjan > > Tim. > */ > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines