Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!uunet!jarthur!mberline From: mberline@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Marty Berliner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Word(4) Temp files Message-ID: <2216@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 30 Sep 89 20:01:40 GMT References: <950@aoa.UUCP>Reply-To: mberline@jarthur.UUCP (Marty Berliner) Distribution: usa Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Lines: 13 In article ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes: >I also would like to know how these things get here. They are really >clogging up my system folder. Could someone give me a clue as to how to >prevent Word from making these? > There happens to be a program (INIT/CDEV) to get rid of these troublesome files called Temperament by John Rotenstein. I believe it is in the info-mac archives on sumex-aim.stanford.edu as cdev/temperament-2.hqx The cdev part of the init allows for the user to configure the program to blast ANY temporary file in the system folder, which I have found useful on several occasions ... Marty