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Subject: Re: Random (?) files generated by DOS
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Date: 3 Jul 90 03:04:14 GMT
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conger@tuatora.cis.ohio-state.edu (james abraham conger) writes:

>I have seen files with random hexadecimal numbers for names before.  If
>memory serves, the ones that I found were occasionaly left behind by using
>the ms-dos pipe.  I often use the batch file "less.bat" that contains this

>MS-DOS seems to sometimes leave
>these temporary files behind if I am using "less" when the current drive
>is something other than c:.

Another practice that causes these files to be left behind (instead of 
being deleted when the command is done) is hitting ^C or other drastic
action that causes the second program ("more" or other) to terminate
catastrophically.  Rebooting also falls into this category :->

Ed Williams
ewilliam@blackbird.afit.af.mil