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- From: mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us (Matthew Staben)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Nowhere directory?
- Message-ID: <V40RoB2w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 15:55:54 GMT
- References: <1992Jul30.161550.26348@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Sender: bbs@comtch.spk.wa.us (Waffle bbs)
- Organization: Waffle BBS at CompuTech Spokane, Washington
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- sean@curry1.austin.ibm.com writes:
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- >
- > 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
-
-
- I've removed that NOWHERE folder, thinking it was a temporary directory
- for the installation routine. Next time I looked, it was there again.
-
- Now it's just hidden.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Matt
-
-
- mstaben@comtch.spk.wa.us
-
- - A warning to anyone, still in command...
-