#Eliminate infos
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I have my bussiness programs in AmigaBasic.They have a lot of files and the
computer creates a lot of .infos thus taking a lot of space frd Does anyone
knows of a way to eliminate the disturbing .infos without Basic creating them
again? I would really appreciate any help regardi Thanks.
Oscar,
Those .info files are the ICONs for your programs and/or data files, if
you eliminate them, you won't be able to access those files from the WorkBench.
I don't use AmigaBASIC, so don't know if there is a way to get it to
not make the files, I can only suggest you look thru the manual to see if it
may have a suggestion there.
Don
I did look through the AmigaBASIC manual today, and couldn't find a way to
prevent the making of icons. I guess you just get rid of them by doing Delete
#?.info.
Betty
Unfortunately though, next time you save the program they're back – wonder what
would happen if you didn't include icon.library on the WB disk containing
AmigaBasic? Would the system come up as long as you didn't do a LoadWB?
Maybe I'll give it a try just to see what happens.
Marlene
Marlene,
The answer lies in using EXECUTE with 'delete'. TransAMi #4 has an article on
doing CLI work from AmigaBASIC, and this information is explained in that
article – but I do not yet have a copy of that magazine. If you can get hold
of a copy, it should answer the question. The icon will still be made, but can
be deleted as soon as made.
Betty
Thanks for the info Betty – I don't have TransAmi #4 yet either – (sigh).
Marlene
Oscar,
After you save the data, use KILL "filename.info" to delete the info file.
—Mike
Oscar,
I think your sentences are getting truncated here because you may be forgetting
to press RETURN often enough. It's best to do it at the end of each line.
I'm making inquiries about your .info problem, but have not yet found the
answer.
Betty