Saving data files on XFS file system

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 20, 2017, at 5:59 PM, darthbrader <brader at ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I get various errors when trying to read or write XML data files to an XFS
> filesystem.  Has anyone else seen this?  I haven't found anything in the
> archives.  The simplest way I found to reproduce it is this:
> 
> 1) Run gnucash --nofile --debug
> 2) Make a new file if necessary, then Select File -> Save As...
> 3) Navigate to XFS save location, pick a name, hit OK
> 
> No error pops up in this case, but the file is not saved and no file is
> created.  Here is what shows up in the debug log:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> * 20:31:16  INFO <gnc.backend> [gnc_determine_file_type]  new file
> * 20:31:16  INFO <qof.session> [qof_session_load_backend]  selected GnuCash
> File Backend Version 2
> * 20:31:16  WARN <gnc.backend> [xml_session_begin()] Couldn't find directory
> for /home/derek/tmp/gc_test_xml_xfs.gnucash
> * 20:31:16  INFO <qof.session> [qof_session_begin] Done running
> session_begin on backend
> * 20:31:16  INFO <gnc.backend> [gnc_determine_file_type]  new file
> * 20:31:16  INFO <qof.session> [qof_session_load_backend]  selected GnuCash
> File Backend Version 2
> * 20:31:16  WARN <gnc.backend> [xml_session_begin()] Couldn't find directory
> for /home/derek/tmp/gc_test_xml_xfs.gnucash
> * 20:31:16  INFO <qof.session> [qof_session_begin] Done running
> session_begin on backend
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I am also unable to read an existing XML data file on the XFS filesystem.  I
> get the pop-up message "No suitable backend was found."  If I copy this file
> to another filesystem, it opens fine.  
> 
> This behavior is limited to the XML backend.  Saving and reading Sqlite3
> files works fine in the same directory.  I can also read and write XML files
> just fine on other filesystems (I've tried EXT4 and BTRFS (and HFS on my Mac
> system)).   
> 
> Doubt it's related, but the XFS filesystem is on a 4-disk RAID5 array, which
> is mounted on /home.  
> 
> I'm getting this behavior running GC 2.6.15 on Ubuntu Xenial (16.04).  I'm
> using the gnucash package from the GetDeb repository.  

Does enabling/disabling compression (Preferences>General) make a difference?

Regards,
John Ralls