das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) (04/17/91)
Can someone tell me the exact function(s) of the .NextTrash file **other** than as the recepticle for things dumped in the Recycler? I noticed my disk was getting full, so I did a complete listing of all files that had been created or modified in the last day. To my surprise, there were several very large .snd files in my .NextTrash -- files that I had been moving from my hard disk to my O.D. via the Workspace manager, but had certainly not put in the Recycler? Does the NeXT use that as a temp directory, and perhaps not remember to clean it up? I almost never use the Recycler myself, so I know I didnt put them there. Thanks for any info. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Douglas Scott Columbia University Computer Music Studio Internet: <doug@woof.columbia.edu> <das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> UUCP: ...!columbia!woof!zardoz!doug Phone: (703)765-4771
clp@home.HarvardSq.COM (Charles L. Perkins) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr17.030222.4675@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) writes: > ........Does the NeXT use that as a temp directory, and perhaps > not remember to clean it up? > > I almost never use the Recycler myself, so I know I didnt put them there. In certain cases (e.g., when you Replace in during a copying operation), the Workspace Manager will make a copy of the old, clobbered file for you. Although this is a nice feature is you occasionally bash things accidentally, it does have some strange side-effects (like disk space going away if you forget to periodically clean the trash). Charles
jim@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov (L J "Jim" Kiraly) (04/18/91)
In article <6420@husc6.harvard.edu> clp@home.HarvardSq.COM (Charles L. Perkins) writes: ->In article <1991Apr17.030222.4675@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ->das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) writes: ->> ........Does the NeXT use that as a temp directory, and perhaps ->> not remember to clean it up? ->In certain cases (e.g., when you Replace in during a copying operation), the -> Workspace Manager will make a copy of the old, clobbered file for you. -> ->Although this is a nice feature is you occasionally bash things accidentally, -> it does have some strange side-effects (like disk space going away if you -> forget to periodically clean the trash). I had similar problems, and also found myself a little too quick with the command-r key combination- so I added some stuff to the /private/adm/daily script to dump the recycler every night. It works fine and I can recover stuff that I didn't mean to delete and not worry about disk space being wasted. Here's what I added: # Empty the Recycler(s) (Added by Jim 03/18/91) echo 'emptying recycler(s) for jim, root, and auxdisk' rm -r -f /jim/.NeXT/.NextTrash/* rm -r -f /jim/.NeXT/.NextTrash/.[a-zA-Z]* rm -r -f /.NeXT/.NextTrash/* rm -r -f /.NeXT/.NextTrash/.[a-zA-Z]* rm -r -f /auxdisk/.NextTrash/* rm -r -f /auxdisk/.NextTrash/.[a-zA-Z]* -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Jim Kiraly - jim@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov - NASA Lewis Research Center ---------------------------------------------------------------------------