Ok, all correct and helpful. However, it does not change the fact that as an end-user you have to make a decision and move any file you plan to do serious work on to a more permanent location.
Regards, Andreas On 25/Jan/2011, at 18:39 , Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 07:17, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >>> AFAIK the rule is that the resource a temporary file has been using (disk >>> space, and if RAM or virtual memory would be involved, this is arbitrated >>> by the system and users should not meddle with this) is basically released, >>> as soon as the temporary file is closed. Since quitting an application >>> implicitly also closes normally all its files, they are released to be >>> possibly deleted whenever the system sees fit. >> >> The system unlinks all files older than 3 days in the temporary directory, >> which doesn't affect open files (although IIRC it will screw up file >> packages if you only have a single file in it open). IIRC the schedule is >> in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.bsd.dirhelper.plist. It has >> nothing to do with quitting an application; the PDF files that I just >> downloaded are still there after quitting the browser and the PDF viewers. > > > As an addendum, here's the problem report that I recalled seeing. > > http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/227830-can-dirhelper-delete-files-in-nstemporarydirectory-while-app-is-running.html > > His bug report was probably redirected to /dev/null, as the problem still > exists on 10.6. Cocoa doesn't have an equivalent to the old > kChewableItemsFolderType, which was cleaned up only on restart. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
