Using uutils stdbuf will eventually cause you to run out of inodes in `$TMPDIR`
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Description
$ ls --color=none -1a /tmp | LC_ALL=C grep '^\.tmp' | wc -l
0
$ parallel -n 1 -j 128 -N0 ./target/release/stdbuf -oL /bin/true ::: {1..10000}
$ ls --color=none -1a /tmp | LC_ALL=C grep '^\.tmp' | wc -l
10000
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the parallel stdbuf command from the issue and inspect how stdbuf creates and removes temporary files in $TMPDIR. Trace repeated invocations and verify that completed runs no longer leave one .tmp entry per process.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Active
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- Needs clarification
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