Topic: what is the purpose of accounts.1391 db?

[larieu]

I've noticed that I have also one accounts.1391
searching the wiki contribs and forum didn't gave me any clue
and if you'll compare db accounts with db accounts.1391 you'll notice that is not a mirror

can anyone enlighten me with this issue?

thanks in advance

[mmccarn]

If your 'accounts.1391' is in /home/e-smith/db, then it has to be a work file left behind by something that was operating on the 'accounts' db. 

diff accounts accounts.1391 should tell you what's different.

I can't imagine any of the SME templates or other systems accessing a database named 'accounts.1391', so the file is probably completely safe to delete.

If you want to be ultra-cautious, you could
- move 'accounts.1391' into another folder
- issue signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

If everything seems to work, delete the erroneous file.

[larieu]

Thanks mmccarn

as I expected is a dumb thing (very old also - from 2008 - I have moved data to this server using affa backup - most probably something fishy) 

[CharlieBrady]

If your 'accounts.1391' is in /home/e-smith/db, then it has to be a work file left behind by something that was operating on the 'accounts' db.

Correct. That would occur if the system lost power or a program crashed during a modify operation on the accounts db.