emjay@dasys1.uucp (Michael J. Lavery) (05/03/90)
> >TempOptil48 is *not* a Gatekeeper (or Gatekeeper Aid) file. I've never >encountered one of these files myself, so I have no idea where it comes >from. Now you have me somewhat concerned. This file has also appeared in my Systems Folder - it has a GateKeeper icon and the same Type and reator code as the GateKeeper log files, TEXT, Gate. The is no resource fork and a data fork of 4588 bytes. It does not seem to be modified, but I cannot relate the creation date to anything that I did with the system on that date. At least, I"m glad (??) that I am not the only one with this. Also no indication of any virus after running a variety of anti-viral programs. Michael J. Lavery, Esq. "The only drawback to our public CIS: 70416,1110 school system is unsolicited cake." GEnie: EMJAY QLINK: EMJAY or PIP John Mortimer ..!cml2!hombre!dasys1!emjay A Voyage Round My Father {rutgers,harvard}!cmcl2!dasys1!emjay INTERNET: dasys1!emjay@cmcl2.nyu.edu :-? GayCom: 1/0 (THE BACKROOM) - GAY LAW
u800552@lanl.gov (James R. White) (05/04/90)
I keep some big files in one of my folders and sometimes TempOpti148 shows up there. The file shows up periodically. The files in the folder are locked, and maybe MicroSoft Word makes the file. Also, whenever I am tuning up the disk with SUM, the files cannot be defragmented for some reason (because they are locked?) The files are usually just like one of the locked files, and have an Icon indicating they are Word documents. Hope this helps. . . ________________________________________________________________________ | James R. White | N-6 - The Dukes of Nukes | | Los Alamos National Laboratory | "Running Codes is like walking on | | N-6 / MS K557 | water - works better when frozen." | | Los Alamos, NM 87544 | U800552@beta.lanl.gov | | Phone (505)-667-3853 (Work) | QVAX2::JWHITE | | Phone (505)-662-7554 (Home) | FTS 843-3853 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
chuq@Apple.COM (The Bounty Hunter) (05/04/90)
>I keep some big files in one of my folders and sometimes TempOpti148 >shows up there. The file shows up periodically. The files in the >folder are locked, and maybe MicroSoft Word makes the file. Also, >whenever I am tuning up the disk with SUM, the files cannot be >defragmented for some reason (because they are locked?) I thought I'd answered this one recently, but I guess I didn't. TempOptilnnnn files are created by SIM TuneUp. It's not a virus, it's not a bug (maybe a misfeature), it's not a problem. If you have a locked file that is fragmented, when TuneUp tries to make it contiguous it does so by creating a temporary file and copying the current file to it. It then deletes the old file and renames it -- this way, if something happens during the process the old file isn't destroyed. Unfortunately, if the file is locked, the attempt to delete it fails and the other copy of the file is left around. Easy answer: unlock any file that TuneUp says it can't defragment in the log (you do read the logs, don't you?) and run TuneUp again. Then lock it again. One strange note on this: TuneUp can't defragment files that are locked, but it will happily relocate locked files to optimize disk space if they're contiguous. The former is evidently done through the HFS filesystem calls which pay attention to the locked bit, and the latter goes around the OS to physically move stuff around. -- Chuq Von Rospach <+> chuq@apple.com <+> [This is myself speaking] I regret to announce that--though, as I said, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to spend among you--this is the end. I am going. Good-bye. -- Bilbo
aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) (05/04/90)
I was sure someone would answer this by now, but I guess not... The TempOptilnn files are temporary optimization files (sort of figures) created by the HD Optimizing program (I guess from SUM). What they are is another copy of the actual file, which is being copied to a contiguous portion of the hard drive (thereby 'optimizing' by most current definitions). If it stays there, it PROBABLY means that the optimizing program had a hard time with it... -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | Reality is a function of the delusion factor MB 3130/Brandeis University | For those about to Rock, we salute you! PO Box 9110 Waltham MA 02254 | Life's a beach & then you drown! Catch the Wave 753 South Street, " MA 02154 - Effective 9-1-90. Rooms available for sub-let! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=