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Date:	Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:34:33 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: UniMaint & CDFS.IFS /W

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In <3B986EF0.792F@peterskye.com>, on 09/06/01
at 11:54 PM, Peter Skye said:

>Question about the CleanINI.log output listing. Here's a typical line:

> C773 8D65 file 0 x None
> del H:\OS2SKYE.SRC\ORC150-OBJECTRECREATOR.SRC\EXTRACT.CMD

Internally, the WPS does not use pathnames. It uses file handles.
There's lots of beneifits to this. The bad part is it does not always
reference count them correctly. This leads to broken handles that point
to non-existent files or directories or to valid handles that are
otherwise unused.

What cleanini does, that the other cleaners don't do, is find valid
handles that are otherwise unused.

>Does this mean that OS2SYS.INI handle C773 8D65 will be deleted from
>OS2SYS.INI if I use the /c switch? (The readme file contains the format
>of the log lines but doesn't say what the "del" action is.)

Yes. The value None in the usage column means the handle is not used, so
it's a candidate for delete.

>And, if I run CLEANINI /C is there any negative impact from all the
>deleted handles? Or are the object handles simply recreated as necessary
>when I subsequently open various folders?

No negative impact, other than the time it takes to recreate them. The
positive impact is if they are gone and you don't need them, the WPS will
run faster.

Steven

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