Michael wrote:
>Yes - if your TEMP variable points to C:\DOS, than your DOS configuration
>is somewhat destructive, this is true.
Ahem, only if you clear that directory. A good program either names the
file *.tmp ~*.* and only deletes these or remove the files afterwards (not
using *.* but file1 file2 file3 etc.)
>This is why Linux is so much more
>logical than DOS or Windows, with all temporary files in /tmp, all
>variable length files like logs in /var, all system binaris in /bin and
>all application binaries in /usr/bin
That's why it (Linux) is so illogical IMHO.
BTW: Does anyone here use Mandrake 7.0 ? Apparently they changed in school
(from Red Hat) and I can't understand how the ssh client they have is
supposed to be used :(
On the other hand one can boot from floppy now so I can use Arachne from
almost any computer ;-)
>DOS allows you to virtualy "cut the branch you are sitting on" - this is
>Czech saying, I don't know if my translation is good.
Well, if the branch is c:\directory and you are in c:\directory you can't
"cut the branch" ;-)
>dontpan.ic! is just file which is created to test if temporary directory
>is writeable. To set TEMP=C:\DOS in your AUTOEXEC.BAT is one of the most
>stupid things I have ever seen.
I still don't see the point in doing like this - it's only needed if you
use a networked drive as TEMP directory... Otherwise "if exist
c:\directory\nul" will work - it should be doable to test for a nul file in
C as well.
>> Simple -- I set the DOS environment variable TEMP (it has to
>> be TEMP, *not* TMP) to "C:\DOS", run Arachne in that
>> environment, click the "Utilities" item on the "Arachne
>> Desktop" then click the "Clear cache" button.
>
>This is stupid, Stupid, STUPID !!!
I don't agree.
>> Now, *why* would you have your TEMP environment variable set
>> to your DOS installation directory?
>
>YES ! Why ?
The default setting.
>> Well, that was the default config for DOS 5.0 and 6.x (from
>> memory -- definitely for 5.0... anyone sure of this detail
>> for DOS 6.x??).
>
>?@#$??#$%#??!@#!@# ???
Yes, I think I've told you this earlier. If you remember I used C:\DOS a
long time, and I would have gotten into serious problems if Arachne had
removed everything in there as well - I have of course all the programs
that came with DOS on backups - but almost all utils that I've installed
and might not know where I got from are also located there.
>> However, Arachne can delete **all** files in your TEMP
>> directory, and not **just those it created**. That is bad
>> form and can lead to extreme problems as "Ringo" described.
>
>Yes, this is because I enabled Cache2TEMP by default. I should do
>something with this - but the problem is, sthat Cache2TEMP Yes can improve
>Arachne performance so significantly, that I want to persuade everyone,
>that TEMP should point to RAMdisk directory if they are about to use
>Arachne.
I agree with the original poster - Arachne should only remove files it has
created.
>> Arachne should *not* blindly nuke the TEMP directory and I
>> hope its developers quickly rectify this.
Hmm... I don't have time, so I'll settle with complaining ;-)
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
