Sigil scratchpad

crutledge · 09-29-2010, 08:42 PM

In the user folder there is a folder titled sigil -. scratchpad. It 30 Mbytes in size and contains 610 files.

Is this an automatic maintenance folder or should it be cleaned periodically? What would happen if these files were deleted?

Valloric · 09-30-2010, 06:02 AM

Sigil used to create temporary files in that folder and remove them on exit. But if it crashed, the files would remain. So you can delete that folder now, if Sigil is not running.

Recent versions don't use that folder at all.

09-29-2010, 08:42 PM	#1
crutledge eBook FANatic Posts: 18,301 Karma: 16071131 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alabama, USA Device: HP ipac RX5915 Wife's Kindle	Sigil scratchpad In the user folder there is a folder titled sigil -. scratchpad. It 30 Mbytes in size and contains 610 files. Is this an automatic maintenance folder or should it be cleaned periodically? What would happen if these files were deleted?

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09-30-2010, 06:02 AM	#2
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Sigil used to create temporary files in that folder and remove them on exit. But if it crashed, the files would remain. So you can delete that folder now, if Sigil is not running. Recent versions don't use that folder at all.

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