Hi all,
Apologies if this info is somewhere: I've been looking for a couple days!
Audacity is crashing whenever I hit Record (1.2.6, Mac OS 10.4.11, pre-Intel), so I've been trying various things, one of which was to change the tmp location. Didn't work. Naturally I've now forgotten where the default location is. I'm worried the original, invisible tmp file is filled with orphaned .au files & I want to get rid of it.
Help?
Cheers,
Deborah
Default tmp location?
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kozikowski
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Re: Default tmp location?
My 1.2.5 work is in...
/tmp/audacity1.2-koz
You can't get there with the Chooser, Finder, or GUI, you'll need to use Terminal.
Last login: Sun Jul 19 23:21:42 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
jimmy:~ koz$ cd /tmp
jimmy:/tmp koz$
jimmy:/tmp koz$
jimmy:/tmp koz$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 koz wheel 68 Jul 20 07:16 501
drwxr-xr-x 3 koz wheel 102 Jul 20 08:04 audacity1.2-koz <--that one!
-rw-r--r-- 1 koz wheel 0 Jul 19 23:23 cs_cache_lock_501
-rw-r--r-- 1 security wheel 0 Jul 19 23:21 cs_cache_lock_92
jimmy:/tmp koz$
That's the default. If you moved it anywhere else, you need to go search for it. That could be an adventure. The GUI search will not go down there and Search in Terminal is a college level course.
Koz
/tmp/audacity1.2-koz
You can't get there with the Chooser, Finder, or GUI, you'll need to use Terminal.
Last login: Sun Jul 19 23:21:42 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
jimmy:~ koz$ cd /tmp
jimmy:/tmp koz$
jimmy:/tmp koz$
jimmy:/tmp koz$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 koz wheel 68 Jul 20 07:16 501
drwxr-xr-x 3 koz wheel 102 Jul 20 08:04 audacity1.2-koz <--that one!
-rw-r--r-- 1 koz wheel 0 Jul 19 23:23 cs_cache_lock_501
-rw-r--r-- 1 security wheel 0 Jul 19 23:21 cs_cache_lock_92
jimmy:/tmp koz$
That's the default. If you moved it anywhere else, you need to go search for it. That could be an adventure. The GUI search will not go down there and Search in Terminal is a college level course.
Koz
Re: Default tmp location?
Thanks, it's only the default one I want to find. I know where the new one is.
So if I want to delete Audacity in its entirety, do I need to delete that default tmp file, too? Or will a system cleanup get rid of it?
So if I want to delete Audacity in its entirety, do I need to delete that default tmp file, too? Or will a system cleanup get rid of it?
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kozikowski
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Re: Default tmp location?
It's a folder. See the "D" on the left of the listing? That's Directory (Folder).
Darn good question. I don't know. Drag your Audacity application to the trash and see if the folder vanishes. It should, but then that's assuming a normal install.
When I get a minute. I'll post step by step instructions. If there's nothing in the folder, it takes up about 16 bytes, so you can leave it there. I think the next Audacity will step on it -- or just start using it.
Koz
Darn good question. I don't know. Drag your Audacity application to the trash and see if the folder vanishes. It should, but then that's assuming a normal install.
When I get a minute. I'll post step by step instructions. If there's nothing in the folder, it takes up about 16 bytes, so you can leave it there. I think the next Audacity will step on it -- or just start using it.
Koz