dav module temp files

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 02:47:40AM +0100, Gelonida N wrote:

> On 02/29/2012 03:27 PM, Maxim Dounin wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 01:55:42PM +0200, Reinis Rozitis wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello,
> >> is there a technical reason why the WebDAV module (for PUTs) always
> >> makes a temp file rather than use/honour memory buffer
> >> (client_body_buffer_size)?
> > 
> > It will use memory buffer for intermediate data, but as it needs 
> > file on disk anyway - data are always written to a file.
> > 
> > Maxim Dounin
> Just a tiny idea. (but perhaps this is already the case)
> Ideally the temp file should be on the same file system than the target
> file)
> Otherwise the file has top be created twice.

Yes, and that's why docs explicitly recommend using 
client_proxy_temp on the same file system:

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_dav_module.html#dav_methods

Maxim Dounin