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Re: lynx-dev temporary files
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T.E.Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev temporary files |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:14:35 -0400 (EDT) |
> > > JP> There are over 27000 zero length files called L6544-xxxxxTMP.TXT
> > > JP> (where x is a digit) all with the same date stamp in my %TMP%
> > > JP> directory.
...
> I may well have used Ctrl-break to get out of LYNX when I couldn't get
> it to stop attempting to make a connection... Even so, 27000 temporary
> files is huge number to have been created in such a short time
> frame. I'd suspect there is some code which is slightly amiss in the
> handling of temporary files.
>
> > 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
since the 'l' is part of the prefix.
27000 is a lot of temporary files (sorry).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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