Sam,
I found your problem:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 03:41:40 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> In my AUTOEXEC.BAT I have the following two lines included:
> SET TEMP=C:\ARACHNE\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1. Arachne creates it's OWN directory within any %TEMP% declared. For
example, my autoexec orders SET TEMP=V:\TEMP Arachne then uses that
environmental variable to place & create the ARACHNE.TMP directory.
Thus, my Arachne generated temporary files are now being placed in
V:\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP\
Your autoexec.bat forces Arachne to use the following, needlessly deep
and possibly bug-prone, path to store temp files:
C:\ARACHNE\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP\ARACHNE.TMP\
>> From what I can follow by examining the config files from this new
> Arachne release, Michael intended for C:\ARACHNE\TEMP\ARACHNE.TMP to
> be the default directory for those installing Arachne to run on the
> hard drive.
Michael had no such intent. He designed the software so that *if* you
have declared the variable TEMP, and *if* it exists as a directory,
Arachne will then place it's own ARACHNE.TMP directory within your
declared %TEMP% directory. You could declare TEMP=C:\HOGWASH or
TEMP=J:\BILGE OR TEMP=V:\JUNK ...
What Michael did was ensure that *if* someone had %TEMP% set, and it was
set in a very stupid place like C:\DOS, Arachne would not mix files in
with, *nor* delete any files from, the actual declared %TEMP% directory.
What he did was install a safety layer, placing Arachne's dedicated
temporary directory *inside* [and thus separate from] any declared
%TEMP% directory.
That particular setup has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a
person has installed Arachne on HDD or Floppies, or runs the program
from HDD, RAMdrive, or Floppies.
I would suggest that you re-select Cache2Temp, but only after you have
cleaned up your autoexec.bat and put in the proper & shorter declared
%TEMP% location.
SET TEMP=C:\ARACHNE\TEMP
I'd also suggest you consider setting up the temp directory *outside* of
any program directories, i.e. set it up as C:\TEMP ... that would make
any necessary cleanup a lot easier.
And remember, other programs can use a %TEMP% variable too ... which
means it could be possible to have temp files from other sources than
Arachne within the %TEMP% directory.
l.d.
P.S. I've seen "expert advise" that if you run Win3.x or other dozeware
platforms on your system, you should also SET TMP=[same place as TEMP]
so all temporary files have a chance of being kept under control.
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
