Fatal error mkdir(.../data/locks/...) ... File exists

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2006-09-12, 21:36 #1

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Subject: Fatal error mkdir(.../data/locks/...) ... File exists

English is not my native langage

I use Dokuwiki +-4 years ago without any problem.

But now I have a recurrent error :
Fatal error mkdir(/mnt/115/sdb/3/6/pittt/wiki/data/locks/05a29e0c0fb6bb4e81b2d6de922e3bc2) [<a href='function.mkdir'>function.mkdir</a>]: File exists in /mnt/115/sdb/3/6/pittt/wiki/inc/io.php on line 168

If I delete de content of .../data/locks de wiki run ... but the error come back later.

What can I do ? I try to delete .../data/attic to but no. The error is there yet.

Thanks for help.
My Wiki is http://wiki.namok.be, I use dokuwiki-2005-09-22.

andi (Administrator) 2006-09-12, 23:02 #2

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Quote by Pinkilla:
I use Dokuwiki +-4 years ago without any problem.

Cool. for DokuWiki beeing just little more than two years old this is pretty amazing ;-)

Anyway - your error is pretty strange. What did you change on your server?

Read this if you don't get any useful answers.

Pinkilla

2006-09-13, 10:00 #3

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Quote by andi:
Cool. for DokuWiki beeing just little more than two years old this is pretty amazing

Ok ... I don't remember when I have installed it but I guess It's a long time ago (in a galaxy far far ... you know).

Quote by andi:
Anyway - your error is pretty strange. What did you change on your server?

I don't know because I don't host my wiki, I use http://free.fr.
I just delete the content of locks ans attic for solving the problem. But the problem come back. It seems I'm not alone with this. If I STFW, I find
- http://dcaillibaud.free.fr/sud-culture/doku.…?id=wiki:do…
- http://nayco3.free.fr/dokuwiki/doku.php
- http://boustiflette.free.fr/doku.php
- and mee http://pittt.free.fr/wiki

But strange ... there are all hosted by free.fr ... do you think this is the raison ?
How can I solve my problem ?

andi (Administrator) 2006-09-13, 14:06 #4

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Oh okay. Forget it. I just put up an FAQ entry about it. I had so many strange bug reports from users using free.fr which are all caused by strange configurations on free.fr's side.

Here is my official answer: get a real hoster. DokuWiki is not supported on free.fr - sorry.

Read this if you don't get any useful answers.

This post was edited on 2006-09-13, 14:11 by andi.

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2006-09-13, 15:16 #5

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Quote by andi:
DokuWiki is not supported on free.fr - sorry.

It was .. 1or 2 year long :-(

Thanks for your answer ... I try ... heu .. ovh.be, perhaps I'll be more lucky ;-)

BeSt 2006-12-21, 17:30 #6

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Message and file deleted : please go and read http://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/1733 which will always contain the last version of the patch.

This post was edited on 2006-12-31, 11:23 by BeSt.

fbauer 2006-12-29, 00:39 #7

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who can I apply the patch please ?
thx

BeSt 2006-12-31, 11:16 #8

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I think you're French, so take a look at http://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/1733 (a topic ... in french !)

geo 2007-01-03, 23:27 #9

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In reply to post #4

Hi everyone, I'm new on this forum.

I've ran into a big problem : I'm in love with dokuwiki mainly for its beauty, efficiency and simplicity, but I couldn't find a best hosting place than free.fr as far as I'm concerned : free (!), php, size of storage and no ads... I was falling into despair when i heard about BeSt's working-around : http://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/1733. So here is my question, sorry to bother if you already answered it 1000 times :
what's your opinion regarding this approach (I mean using file instead of folder to lock/unlock)? is there any chance it could be officially integrated and maintened,maybe not as a replacement but as a config option ? what are the drawbacks of this method ?

thanks in advance

BeSt 2007-01-03, 23:47 #10

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2 things :

My patch doesn't only replace "directories" in "files" in data/locks, while it's the most important.

No user of free.fr who uses my patch has reported a problem (until now). I personnally use it on my wiki.

and a third thing , I am not a developper of DokuWiki (and I don't plan to become one of them)

geo 2007-01-06, 14:17 #11

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Thanks for answering (and for the patch) !

I was just wondering if your workaround could have consequences on other dokuwiki's functions, and what about future versions of dokuwiki...