Hello All,
>From the discussion on the other thread, I seem to be the only one
who is not seeing TB temp files in my temp dir regularly, which
makes me wonder what I'm missing. :-)
So I decided to do a little experiment. Nothing scientific or
methodical, just a little observation. I wrote a .bat file that use
DOS dir command to list all files under my temp dir and all its
sub-dir and append the result to a log file. I then schedule it
(with PowerPro, for those who knows it) to run the batch file every
minute.
It started on 7:15 am (my time) and I checked my log at 9:36. During
this 2-hour+ period, I did my usual stuff with TB:
reading/writing/sending email, TB would check mail automatically,
and I did several manual checking. I even did a little house
cleaning job that I usually do in the weekend: killing dupes in all
folders, purging and compressing all folders. I also surfed the web
a little (with IE), did my work (on Word) a little, and read news
with Agent and XNews a little.
BTW, when the experiment began, my Bat had been running for more
about 24 hours since I last shut it down for backup yesterday
morning. In order to see if TB would clean up its temp files and if
it creates them upon startup, I shut down TB around 9:10 and restart
it a few minutes later (in the meantime I do my daily backup, which
usually doesn't require shutting down TB).
During this period, only ONE temp file from TB is recorded. It's a
Word document attachment I received and I let TB launch it (via
Word, of course). What's interesting is TB didn't create the temp
file right under the temp dir. It created a sub-dir named "bat", and
then created the temp file (named "32BCC548.doc") under it.
Other than that, there has been no temp files from TB--at least none
was caught by my per-min. recording!
System configuration: Pentium Pro 200 MHz, 96MB RAM, Win2k Pro SP1
Programs always in the background: a security suite from my
university, PowerPro (a utility), and Powermarks (BTW, thanks for
those who recommended it). No antivirus suite, no ZoneAlarm or the
likes.
And I don't use TB's ticker, if that makes a difference.
I'll keep the experiment going for the day, and I'll report back
tomorrow.
--
Best regards,
Ming-Li
The Bat! 1.52 Beta/4 | Win2k SP1
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