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Temporary Files, Printer Files - What Happens
DocumentID: 637348
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:04:35 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer would like to know the answers to the following questions:
1.      Why do temporary files cause fragmented files?
2.      What happens if the power goes out or the machine is turned off while WP is working?
3.      Are printer files vulnerable to damage? Solutions: 1.      WordPerfect creates temporary files on the hard disk. New documents that are saved in the first available space on the hard disk, which will be after the temporary files. When the temporary files are deleted as you exit WP, there will be a "hole" of free space on the disk, causing files that are created or copied to the disk to be fragmented. When you edit existing files and add to them, there may not be room to store the file in the original place on the hard disk, so part of the file will be written in the same space as the original file and some will be written in the next available space, creating fragmented files. Fragmented files are a fact of life with any program that creates temporary files. If performance is slow, optimizing the hard drive may increase speed by putting the files "back together".
2.      If the power is shut off, turned off, goes out, etc., while the computer is writing something on a disk, there is a very good chance that the file will be damaged, regardless of which program is used. If WP is being used and you exit some other way than with F7 (Exit), temporary files are left on the disk and are deleted the next time you enter WP and answer "N" to the "Are Other Copies Of WordPerfect Running?" question at startup. Temporary files can be deleted at DOS, but cannot be deleted from List Files because WP might be using the files. This feature (inability to delete temporary files from List Files) was added because some clients were mistakenly deleting temporary files while still in the program causing lockups and loss of data. Temporary printer files will be deleted the next time you exit WP normally.
3.      Printer Resource files do seem vulnerable and they sometimes can be damaged. If the files do get damaged, they are easy to fix by pressing Shift-F7 (Print), S (Select Printer), highlighting the printer filename, and pressing 7 (Update).

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