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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: OS2SYS.ini file size. Possible Cause(s) !!! ??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.030103.324@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Nov20.224537.7604@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 03:01:03 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- Erik van Linstee (linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl) wrote:
- > shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:
- >
- >
- > >As far as I can tell, I've never had any problems with the Incredible
- > >Expanding .INI File. My OS2SYS.INI file is at about 55K right now --
- > >I don't know if that represents any abnormal growth, though it is
- > >certainly not the MegaByte Monstor that others are reporting.
- >
- > Well, mine is 580k, so I am very interested in finding out if
- > this is normal in any way. And, how can it be fixed if it isn't.
- > I do not want to loose my current desktop just to fix this.
-
- I did some snooping around using inimaint. I only have one OS2SYS.INI file
- to look at (249K but stable) so I can't compare to see if this is strange
- or not. Hopefully some other people could have a look.
-
- Anyway, this is what I have found. There is an entry called
- PM_Workplace:ActiveHandles. The contents of this are: PM_Workplace:Handles0
- but I have a :Handles, :Handles0 and :Handles1. Each of these entries is
- 24K long. Now it seems as if only one of these is used but I am surely not
- game to delete the other 2!!! Removing them would reduce my file to 200K so
- I still need to find a lot more to get down to the reported 55K files
- around here.
-
- Now, when I ask INIMAINT to calculate the size of the file, it says
- 92K!!!!! I have just saved it to a new file and it is 92K I am now going
- to be a little brave and reboot from floppy and replace the old file with
- this more compact one.
-
- CONCLUSION: OS/2 (With SPP) seems to leave gaps in OS2SYS.INI and not
- compact them out.
-
- BTW I did the same calculation on OS2.INI and it calculates to 116K and
- takes up 126K so that's not too bad.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-