When can temporary Maple files be deleted?

LeafLabs Garden » Support » Maple IDE Support

When can temporary Maple files be deleted?

(6 posts) (3 voices)

Started 5 years ago by StephenFromNYC
Latest reply from StephenFromNYC

StephenFromNYC
Moderator

August 24, 2010

Hello,

I am using Maple IDE 0.0.6 on a Pentium III Thinkpad (512 meg RAM) running Windows XP Professional SP3.

I have a question about temporary Maple files.

Maple stores object files and other temporary files in the following directory:

C:/Documents and Settings/%username%/Local Settings/Temp/

Maple creates the following directories (where % is a random number):

build%.tmp
console%.tmp
untitled%.tmp

When is it safe to delete these temporary directories and files?

Thanks!

Stephen from NYC

Posted 5 years ago #
bnewbold
Ex-Leaflabs

Hi Stephen,

It's safe to delete those once the IDE is closed; in fact it should try to delete them when quiting normally. If you've got a large backlog of temporary files that's a bug!

Posted 5 years ago #
StephenFromNYC
Moderator

August 25, 2010

Hello,

I am using a Maple Rev 3 board with IDE 0.0.6 on a Pentium III Thinkpad (512 meg RAM) with USB 1.1 running Windows XP Professional SP3.

Yes, I think there is a bug in how the Maple-IDE exits, which affects the temporary files and directories created at:

C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temp

(in my previous post I incorrectly used forward slashes)

Before I did the following test I first deleted all the files and directories in the above directory.

When I opened the Maple-IDE four folders and one file appeared in the above directory:

folder: build???.tmp
folder: console???.tmp
folder: hsperfdata_personal
folder: untitled???.tmp
file: jna???.tmp

Then I opened the Blink sketch, set "Tools >> Board" to "LeafLabs R3 Maple to RAM", compiled the sketch, and finally uploaded the sketch. The sketch ran as expected.

After I exited from the Maple-IDE the following three directories remain:

folder: console???.tmp
folder: hsperfdata_personal
folder: untitled???.tmp

If I then simply opened the Maple-IDE and exited immediately (without compiling or uploading) the temporary directory now has two console???.tmp folders

I do not know which directories/files remain if the IDE experiences a problem (eg. an unsuccessful sketch upload).

Thanks!

Stephen from NYC

Posted 5 years ago #
StephenFromNYC
Moderator

Hello,

When I used the March 13, 2011 snapshot the Maple IDE creates three directories (where % is a random number):

build%.tmp
console%.tmp
untitled%.tmp

in the following directory: C:/Documents and Settings/%username%/Local Settings/Temp/

When I exit from the IDE (without experiencing any noticeable problems) the build%.tmp directory is deleted, but the other two remain.

Are the console and untitled folders needed after the IDE ends? The accumulation of folders and the enclosed text files are primarily a nuisance. Their size is small.

Thanks!

Stephen from NYC (full disclosure: I am not a member of the LeafLabs staff)

[my current development system (old, but still working)]

Posted 4 years ago #
mbolivar
LeafLabs

Stephen,

Those directories are unnecessary after the IDE closes. I'll look into the issue. Bugtracker reference:

http://code.google.com/p/leaflabs/issues/detail?id=61

Posted 4 years ago #
StephenFromNYC
Moderator

Hello-

Definitely a low (or never) bug to fix.

However, since one of the three temporary directories is already automatically deleted it might be a very quick fix to have the other two directories deleted when the IDE exits.

Thanks!

Stephen from NYC (full disclosure: I am not a member of the LeafLabs staff)

Posted 4 years ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.