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Post #294,577
by boxley
10/11/07 9:30:18 AM
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New wonder what that private/var/vm does?
I assumed it was from the vmware I wasnt using and removed it
thanx,
bill
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Post #294,586
by crazy
10/11/07 3:37:53 PM
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New I GUESS it was ok
The "vm" scares me - it make me thing of virutal memory, but the private should make it safe.

In the future, wander into the dir and use strings against the files to look in them to see if you recongnize anything.
     housecleaning on mac - (boxley) - (11) - Oct. 7, 2007, 02:18:47 PM EDT
         The "resource" fork? - (folkert) - (2) - Oct. 7, 2007, 06:35:56 PM EDT
             no fink on this box, havnt installed it - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 7, 2007, 10:53:11 PM EDT
                 Macs have 'split' files. - (static) - Oct. 7, 2007, 11:09:11 PM EDT
         My mac's at the office so this is guessing - (crazy) - (7) - Oct. 7, 2007, 11:47:37 PM EDT
             Focus in on the largest quickly... - (Yendor) - (6) - Oct. 8, 2007, 12:37:39 AM EDT
                 On my MacBook one gets: - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Oct. 8, 2007, 11:50:03 AM EDT
                     Re: On my MacBook one gets: - (Yendor) - (3) - Oct. 8, 2007, 11:56:16 AM EDT
                         Indeed, sudo does it. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Oct. 11, 2007, 08:09:14 AM EDT
                             wonder what that private/var/vm does? - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 11, 2007, 09:30:18 AM EDT
                                 I GUESS it was ok - (crazy) - Oct. 11, 2007, 03:37:53 PM EDT
                     didnt look at the .Trash files... hmm -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 8, 2007, 12:58:13 PM EDT

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