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- From: 5692330@mcimail.com (Robert Gammon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: OS2SYS.ini file size. Possible Cause(s) !!! ??
- Message-ID: <921214190934@rgam.sc.ti.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 00:09:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov26.092947.27901@abo.fi> CBURMAN@FINABO.ABO.FI (Chris Burman) writes:
-
- >> In <1992Nov25.185014.324@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu writes:
- >>
- >> > ...<growing os2sys.ini>...
- >> > Mine also grows, but not that rapidly. I suspect there may be
- >> > something to do with the number of times that C-A-D or resets are used
- >> > to restart OS/2. I always use shutdown unless I have no other choice,
- >> > and my files remain rather small. Someone mentioned that the files
- >> > may forget what space is garbage if the system is not properly
- >> > shutdown.
- >>
- >> Doing a C-A-D may cause the os2sys.ini to grow, but that is not the main
- >> cause of the problem. According to my log I have done exactly one C-A-D
- >> (problem: frozen keyboard) since I installed the CSD on Nov 2.
- >>
- >> My .ini file grows 50-70k every time I delete a file (.cmd files seem
- >> to be especially bad).
- >>
- >> On the 21st I shrank my 17.5 Mb os2sys.ini. This morning I'm already up at
- >> 4.2 Mb. 1Mb/day...
- >>
- >>
- >> Chris Burman, cburman@abo.fi
-
- Well, I delete DOZENS of files a day, every day, and my OS2sys.ini is stable.
- I do NOT touch the Drives object, all my deletions are at an OS/2 or DOS
- command prompt. I noted this in another post about a month ago, so perhaps
- the Drives object is partially responsible for the growth.
-
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- Robert Gammon
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