why is /var/spool/cups so huge?

[Tim Waugh]

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?

Tim.
*/

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 190 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20110214/9dd42410/attachment.bin