Re: lynx-dev temporary files

[John Poltorak]

> > > or perhaps it was built from (I forget - dev.13?) the version where 
> > > I had broken the code that removes temporary files.  afaik dev.16 is 
> > > ok though. 
> >  
> > Just in case LYNX does not delete temporary files, is there a filename 
> > template I can use to identify them for deletion during my normal 
> > daily housekeeping?  
> Lynx uses three file-suffixes (.txt, .bin and .html (or .html)).  You could
> do 
>       erase l*.txt
>       erase l*.bin
>       erase l*.htm

OK, I'll add these filenames to my daily tidy up routine and delete
them from %TMP% when they are a week old. Actually, they all start
l*tmp. which makes them a bit easier to identify. 
 
> since the 'l' is part of the prefix.
>      
> 27000 is a lot of temporary files (sorry).

There was probably some freak scenario which caused this to
happen. Anyway I don't think there has been as many 10 tmp files in
existance since.

> 
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> Thomas E. Dickey
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> 

-- 
John