[j-nsp] archived configuration file removed if transfer to remote host failed

[Martin T]

Hi,

I have a router(Juniper M10i, 12.3R6.6) with following simple
configuration archival setup:

configuration {
    transfer-on-commit;
    archive-sites {
        "scp://user@10.10.10.1:/home/user/conf" password
"$9$ALhdbYIDk.PQwUQn/A1IolKvxd29Zjzl"; ## SECRET-DATA
    }
}


I accidentally removed the destination directory for
scp(/home/user/conf/) from 10.10.10.1 host and router obviously failed
to upload its configuration:

Feb  8 08:55:55.980 2016  router logger: %DAEMON-3: transfer-file
failed to transfer
/var/transfer/config/router_juniper.conf.gz_20160208_085553
Feb  8 09:05:52.425 2016  router logger: %DAEMON-3: transfer-file
failed to transfer
/var/transfer/config/router_juniper.conf.gz_20160208_085553
Feb  8 09:15:47.443 2016  router pfed: %USER-3: Error <256> uploading
file '/var/transfer/config/router_juniper.conf.gz_20160208_085553'


However, for some reason, router did not store the configuration
archival file in /var/transfer/config/ directory after the
unsuccessful scp attempts. Has anyone seen such behavior where
configuration archival file is removed after an unsuccessful upload?


thanks,
Martin