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- From: agriffin@mitre.org (James Artcher Griffin)
- Subject: Re: Nowhere directory?
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- References: <1992Jul23.005121.7666@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Jul30.161550.26348@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:32:42 GMT
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- In <1992Jul30.161550.26348@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> sean@curry1.austin.ibm.com writes:
-
- >In article <1992Jul23.005121.7666@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, dab6@po.CWRU.Edu
- >(Douglas A. Bell) writes:
- >|>
- >|> Has anyone been able to figure out what the nowhere directory is for?
- >|>
- >|> Is there anyway to get rid of it?
- >|>
-
- >Don't get rid of it (if you even can). NOWHERE is used by the OS as sort
- >of a temporary place to put things that it wants to hide from you. One
- >example is a 'Find Results' folder is usually built in there. You can
- >use this directory in your own REXX programs, and otherwise if you wish.
-
- >Generally it is empty, so it shouldn't take up any real disk space. So
- >why worry about it in the first place?
-
- >Sean
-
- Thanks Sean, my reply to the question really was not accurate *<:(. I
- know that I have seen nowhere referenced when I was deleteing a plotter
- object while trying to cleanup after a bungled driver install.
-
- Also a fullsome THANK YOU to IBM and TEAM OS/2 for the system and the
- support.
-
- Artch
-