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- From: mreese@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Reese)
- Subject: Re: Harvard Graphics 3.0 question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.033655.24035@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec16.082657.12728@sarah.albany.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 03:36:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.082657.12728@sarah.albany.edu> cs5059@albnyvms.bitnet writes:
- >I was wondering if anyone familiar with
- >Harvard Graphics could tell me what some
- >files are... hg3 ceates files named
- >a lot of zeros and then sequential orderd
- >numbers for example: 0000000001.$$$
- > 0000000002.$$$
- >and a $$$ extension. Every alternate
- >file is large and the others are small.
- >I forgot the actual sizes. I deleted
- >them all and it started creating and
- >numbering them again. Since I use the
- >program a log, it creates a lot of files
- >of this kind, that take up a lot of space.
- >Help/info would be appreciated _a_lot_!
- >thanks.
-
- Those files are temporary work files the program uses while it is
- running. Normally, they are deleted when you exit the program. If,
- however, you exit the program abnormally by rebooting or turning off
- your machine, those files are not deleted. Then, when you start the
- program again, it will create another set of temporary files. This
- can lead to a vicious cycle leading to quickly disappearing hard disk
- space...believe me, I know. Good luck!
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