[SciPy-Dev] Scipy.org is down + question about "topical software"

[Andreas Hilboll]

> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Andreas Hilboll <lists at hilboll.de> wrote:
>> I also get the "too many links" error. However, I doubt it's related to
>> the page's contents, and therefore I don't think reducing the number of
>> hyperlinks on the page will make the error go away.
>>
>> The stack trace my browser shows me says that the "too many links" is
>> raised by a call to os.mkdir, so it must be a problem of the webserver's
>> filesystem.
>>
>> Can the admins check how many files are in the directory
>> /home/scipy/wiki/data/pages/? I suspect it's more than the file systems
>> limitation (2^15 in case of ext2/3, IIRC).
>>
>> Maybe Moinmoin doesn't clean orphaned Backups from that directory
>> automatically, and a cronjob could help?
>
> You are right, there are a LOT of files in there, mostly spam. Here is
> a sampling:
>
> drwxrwx---  3 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> kingfisher(2d)red(2d)airline(2d)website(2d)161(2f)MoinEditorBackup
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> kingfisher(2d)red(2d)airline(2d)website(2d)161
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> indigo(2d)airlines(2d)office(2d)in(2d)chennai(2d)188
> drwxrwx---  3 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> japan(2d)airlines(2d)ticket(2d)confirmation(2d)11(2f)MoinEditorBackup
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> japan(2d)airlines(2d)ticket(2d)confirmation(2d)11
> drwxrwx---  3 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> indian(2d)airlines(2d)economy(2d)fares(2d)18(2f)MoinEditorBackup
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> indian(2d)airlines(2d)economy(2d)fares(2d)18
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> 97(e788b1)xxoo(2ce5b0b1e58ebbe788b1)97(2e)com(2b)www(2e)360jqsplts(2e)cn(2b)97(e5b0b1e58ebbe788b1e69c80e696b0e7bd91e59d80)
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> 97(e788b1e79a84e69c80e696b0e7bd91e59d80)www(2e)360jqsplts(2e)cn(e889b2)97(e788b12c)97(e788b1e7bd91e7ab99)
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> 97(e788b1e69c80e696b0e7bd91e59d80)www(2e)360jqsplts(2e)cn97(e788b1e7bd91e59d80)
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> 7(e788b1e69c80e696b0e7bd91e59d802c)97(e788b1e7bd91e59d80)www(2e)360jqsplts(2e)cn97(e788b1e79a84e69c80e696b0e7bd91e59d80)
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009 knocked
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> (e7be8ee5a5b3e8a3b8e4bd93)www(2e)360jqsplts(2e)cn(e5a5b3e4b88be983a8e8a3b8e4bd93e585a8e8baabe785a7e59bbe)
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009 Ningbo(2b)Tourism
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009
> (e6bf80e68385e783ade8889e)www(2e)360jqsplts(2e)cn(e6bf80e68385e4baa4e58f8b2ce6bf80e68385e78987)
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009 dgjingheng(2b)screw
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 16  2009 cement(2b)mixer
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 15  2009
> wow(2b)gold(2d2d)aggressor(2b)Ottawa
> drwxrwx---  2 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 15  2009 (e89b8be9a5bce8a5bfe696bd)
> drwxrwx---  3 scipy scipy 4096 Jul 15  2009
> fluid(2d)restriction(2d)airlines(2d)62(2f)MoinEditorBackup
>
> I don't know much about MoinMoin - can I delete all directories with
> the word "Backup" ending them?

I don't really knot MoinMoin either. I would however assume that it's save
to remove all files with ``MoinEditorBackup`` in their names, which are
older than, asy, a day. How many would those be? If it's a significant
amount, you should consider deleting those directories (maybe after adding
them to a TAR backup).

Cheers, A.