PetscViewerBinaryOpen getting stuck

[Barry Smith]

   Is your original  file in the local filesystem or does it start  
with a url like http: or ftp:

   Barry

On Mar 8, 2008, at 12:00 AM, Gideon Simpson wrote:

> I have some code that wants to read in a previously binary dumped  
> and gzipped matrix.  The first time I run this code, it opens the  
> file with PetscViewerBinaryOpen, loads the data into the matrix and  
> processes as expected.  However, if, for some reason, I want to  
> execute it a second time, when it tries to open the file, it gets  
> stuck.  Investigating a bit, it seems to be that the first time it  
> runs, when it gunzips the file, it leaves the file in /tmp.  If that  
> file is still in this folder, it gets stuck.  If I remove it from / 
> tmp, the code executes without a problem, as it did the first time.
>
> Obviously, I could avoid using zipped files.  Is this a bug (or a  
> feature)?  Is there an obvious way to clean up /tmp after the code  
> executes?
>
> -gideon
>