Re: Strange files...

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 I think that you may be misreading me. I've never deleted
 the *.TMP files from within the programme, not now or in
 the past, and XY4 almost never crashes for me. I can't
 remember when I had a crash. And so, in the past, I've
 the TMP files after exiting the programme from within DOS.
 But what I noticed recently--over the past two days--and
 since adding your two lined to my STARTUP.INT--these same
 *.TMP that I used to have to delete manually from within DOS
 are deleted automatically when I exit the programme. Now,
 this is absolutely fine with me, especially given that *.TMP
 files other than those of the sort ABCDEFG.TMP are not
 deleted or affected by leaving the programme. That is all
 I am saying. Is this owing to may addition of your two lines
 to my STARTUP.INT file, I don't know. But if it is, it is
 entirely ok as far as I am concerned, for it does automatically
 what I've had to do manually in the past.

 Maben

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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Robert Holmgren wrote:

> ** Reply to message from "M.W. Poirier"  on Fri, 06
> Jan 2006 18:07:28 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Originally, Maben, you wrote:
>
> > I am seeing strange TMP files
> > in my XY4 directory, file with names like VRZAKBBA.TMP,
> > LIKOPTRB.TMP... But why are they
> > not deleted when I close the file? Can I do something to
> > cause them to be deleted. Right now, I am deleting them
> > individually and manually.
>
> I interpreted this to mean that they were surviving the QUITting of XyWrite.
> If you are really saying that they continue after you close a file, but are
> deleted when XyWrite QUITs, well... I don't understand your concern. As long
> as they're gone when you close XyWrite, who cares! If you're deleting them
> "individually and manually" while the same session that created them is still
> running, I think that is extremely rash. Do you *know* 100% what their purpose
> is or how XyWrite uses them, and when exactly XyWrite is "finished" with them?
> I would NEVER mess with a temporary file created by any program while that
> program is still running -- that's begging for trouble. And why bother anyway,
> if XyWrite takes care of them automatically (deletes them) when it QUITs? Are
> you afraid of running out of space on your drive or something? Not very likely
> these days...
>
> But if, on the other hand, you are deleting them AFTER XyWrite closes, then
> some of them *are* surviving closure, which contradicts what I think you are
> saying now -- that XyWrite deletes them automatically when it QUITs.
>
> So what *are* you saying? I don't get it, either way.
>
> Like Carl, I crash XyWrite very often, as a consequence of experimentation.
> Maybe that's why so many TMP files pile up in my DR directory. Never bothered
> to think about it, frankly. If I were you, I'd delete them and forget about it
> -- unimportant.
>
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> Robert Holmgren
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