Is it okay to delete .tmp files in my DOS directory?
Bruce Fournier
A. McClintock) writes:
>
>I have recently noticed several (over 300) files in my dos directory,
each
>having the .tmp extension. Their size ranges from 0 to 50k, and they
are all
>located in the dos directory. Since they are taking up alot of space
(7 megs),
> I was wondering if it would be okay to delete them.
>
>Any reply would be greatly apreaciated.
>-Jon
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Sai Leong
: In <3e5f66$9...@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> jam...@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jon
: A. McClintock) writes:
I would be slightly more careful. Make sure that you are not in a
Windows session, but in DOS mode only. After deletion, you may want to
run a ScanDisk or something similar to make sure your harddrive is ok.
When that many .tmp files get created, it may be a sympton of a problem.
Istvan Csiszar
01 Jan 95 Jon A. McClintock waking up from a favourite dream, said this to All:
JAM> From: jam...@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jon A. McClintock)
JAM> Organization: California State University, Chico
JAM> I have recently noticed several (over 300) files in my dos directory,
JAM> each having the .tmp extension. Their size ranges from 0 to 50k, and
JAM> they are all located in the dos directory. Since they are taking up alot
JAM> of space (7 megs), I was wondering if it would be okay to delete them.
You can delete them. It is also not a good idea to use the DOS directory
for temporary files. Change the entry in your autoexec.bat file to point to
a TEMP directory off your root drive or off the Windows directory.
For example: SET TEMP=C:\TEMP or SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
Adios, Istvan