SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_`
Turso is a rewrite of SQLite in Rust, fully compatible with SQLite. I’ve been working on implementing VACUUM and studying their (beautiful) code. VACUUM rebuilds the database into a fresh temporary file to reclaim space and defragment pages. SQLite prefixes this temp file with etilqs_.Here’s why:/* ** 2006-10-31: The default prefix used to be “sqlite_”. But then ** Mcafee started using SQLite in their anti-virus product and it ** started putting files with the “sqlite” name in the c:/temp folder. ** This annoyed many windows users. Those users would then do a ** Google search for “sqlite”, find the telephone numbers of the ** developers and call to wake them up at night and complain. ** For this reason, the default name prefix is changed to be “sqlite” ** spelled backwards. So the…
