[Orca-users] Re: I know I've seen this error before on this list

[Blair Zajac]

Here's an answer to this question from a work in progress FAQ:

  1.4) What does the message "file `/orca/olympis/percol-2000-07-12' 
       was current and now is not" mean? 

       First, Orca considers a file to be current if the file's last 
       modified time is within `late_interval' seconds of the current 
       time.  In other words, Orca checks if a process is modifying 
       the file to keep it current.  The `late_interval' value is 
       determined by the configuration file or set to the `interval' 
       value if the configuration file does not set `late_interval'. 
 
       Orca stat()s the file when it first looks for files using the 
       `find_files' and determines that the file is current.  Any time 
       after that Orca reads the file, it stat()s the file again and 
       determines if it is current.  If there was a previous stat() 
       and the file was current followed by another stat() and the 
       file is not current, then the message is printed. 
 
       The appearance of this message means that the process that has 
       been updating the file has stopped updating it and this may be 
       worth looking into. 
 
       This message is also seen when the data gathering program, 
       e.g. orcallator.se, opens a new log file at the end of a day 
       and the old log file is no longer updated.  Orca tries to 
       manage this situation when a file is no longer updated at the 
       end of a day. 

Regards,
Blair

Johnny Mastin wrote:
> 
> Anybody know what is going on?  I know I've seen this before on this
> list but searching the archives turned up nothing.
> 
> Orca: file `/var/orca/data/indrahpw/percol-2000-07-12' was current and
> now is not.
> 
> I have a cronjob that grabs the percol data files off of the target
> servers and puts it on my orca server.  This error occasionally
> happens when I run orca.  I am using rsync and I am using the -a
> option which will update and preserve times and
> ownerships/permissions.
> 
> Johnny
> 
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