Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.oz.au!csc3.anu.oz.au!anucsd!pollux!drew From: drew@pollux.anu.oz.au (Drew Corrigan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted,aus.mac Subject: Re: INIT to delete Word4 temporary files Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 22:18:41 GMT References: <1990Dec6.083606.443@darwin.ntu.edu.au> Sender: news@anucsd.anu.oz.au (USENET News software) Organization: ANU Department of Computer Science Lines: 24 jenner@post.ntu.edu.au (Bob Jenner) writes: >Try wsmr-simtel20.army.mil in the pd3: directory. There >are two of them, AutoDelete and Temp Deleter. Thanks for the info. Actually, I was deluged with responses. Most mentioned "Temperament 2" by John Rotenstein ... distributed under Happiware. I ftp'd a copy from a nearby archive. Temperament 2 is a CDEV/INIT which deletes a whole range of files on reboot. Gives a little "explosion" sound when it works (this can be turned off). Fully configurable, etc. A very nice piece of work. Coincidentally, I discovered a "cause" of the temporary files. It seems that if you are running Word under MultiFinder and do a Restart or Shutdown without first quitting Word, it leaves its temporary file in the System Folder. Our secretaries routinely do this and one had >200 temporary files! (So much for the files being "temporary" :-)) Anyway, thanks again to one and all. Drew Corrigan. -- Drew Corrigan (drew@anucsd.anu.oz.au) Department of Computer Science, Australian National University