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Vfp50 - Setting up TEMP FILES in the Config.fpw?
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06/05/1997 16:26:20
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00030961
Message ID:
00031074
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>>>For an EXE with the DATA FILES on a network drive,
>>>what is the best place to set up the TEMP FILES?
>>>In the Config.fpw as
>>>TEMPFILES C:
>>>or
>>>In the Autoexec.bat as
>>>SET TEMP TO C:\TEMP
>>>also...
>>>If you do not set the TEMPFILES, where do they
>>>go if you are running an EXE on the PC and the DATA FILES to the EXE on a network drive?
>>
>>
>>One of the big problems, no matter where temp files go, is cleaning them up after the program crashes. Here's the way I've been doing it and it has eliminated LOTS of problems:
>>
>>In Autoexec.Bat:
>>REM*************** Don't remove these lines
>>DELTREE /Y C:\FOXTEMP
>>MD C:\FOXTEMP
>>REM *********************************************
>>
>>
>>In Config.Fpw:
>>TMPFILES=C:\FOXTEMP
>>
>>Craig
>
>also -- c:\foxtemp holds only vfp temp files, right?

read my answer to Craig and let me know what you think - please...
Robert Keith
Independent Developer
San Antonio, Texas
E-mail address:
rebelrob1@yahoo.com
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