Strange file with a gmxlTE extension

merlinsilk wrote on Sunday, October 04, 2015:

I found a strange file in a patients docment folder only because it has root permissions and my script to synch my two machines could not read it
rsync: send_files failed to open “/u/openemr/sites/default/documents/690/.pre_op_evaluation.pdf.gmxlTE”: Permission denied (13)
Does anybody know what that gmxlTE file might be?
Thanks - Merlin

fsgl wrote on Sunday, October 04, 2015:

Google search turned up blank.

There must be only a finite number of pre-op evaluation pdf files in default/documents.

Compare with old backups to determine what’s missing, then copy file to the server without the file.

tmccormi wrote on Monday, October 05, 2015:

That’s a randomly generated ending for a upload that aborted before it completed and did not get cleaned up. The ‘dot’ prefix at the beginning means “Hidden” to a Linux system. It would have been renamed to pre_op_evaluation.pdf had it completed successfully.

–Tony

merlinsilk wrote on Wednesday, October 14, 2015:

Thanks, guys - that bad upload seems the most likely.