>>Are there a few temp files, or thousands of them? I ask because of the impact of different cluster sizes.
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>There are about a dozen tmp files that are being generated. The partition on C is FAT16 2GB--probably the default 32K cluser size. I don't know what the alternate local drive because this is a remote site and I don't have immediate access to it.
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>--Paul
Yes, FAT16 disks above 1 GB (up to the maximum supported, 2 GB) use 32 KB clusters. However, this is irrelevant for "about a dozen tmp files". Maximum space wasted for, say, 20 files: 20 x 32KB = less than 1 MB.
AFAIK, no file system uses clusters above 32 KB.
Hilmar.
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