Subject: Files that pine makes

From: Rajat Bhargav <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:39:32 +0500 (GMT+0500)

Dear Forum

	I find a lot of files in my directory that are apparently temp
files but I am not sure. They are generally named as pinerc027531 or some
such name. Most of them are of zero file size but some are larger. Can
these files be deleted without affecting pine.

Rajat Bhargav

Room F-39, IIM
Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore 560 076

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 12:11:32 -0600 (CST)

>From: Rajat Bhargav <[email-masked]>
>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:39:32 +0500 (GMT+0500)

>I find a lot of files in my directory that are apparently temp files but I am
>not sure. They are generally named as pinerc027531 or some such name. Most of
>them are of zero file size but some are larger. Can these files be deleted
>without affecting pine.

Yes. After changing your .pinerc, pine isn't exiting properly and deleting the
temporary files. Does this happen at every session or only occassionally? If
only occassionally, don't worry about it.

But, if it happens with every session, increase your debug level and discuss it
with your system administrator.

To be safe, you can attempt to read the temporary files with a pager.