[GRASS-windows] WinGRASS not deleting temp ppm files from map display

[Isaac Ullah]

Before I submitted this as abug, I wanted to run it past the list first.
I've been doing  lot of zooming, panning, etc. with WinGRASS map display
lately, and I just noticed that my remaining 5gigs of free disk space had
been eaten up in the last few days. I haven't downloaded anything, and have
mainly just been woring in grass. I checked the size of the mapsets I've
been working in and I discovered that the main one is 4.5 gig! It only has a
few maps in it, so I checked the size of cell, and it is small. I check all
the other folders and they were all small except for ".tmp" which was more
than 4Gigs! When I looked inside, I noticed that ALL the ppm files from the
map display from the last three days were still in there! I checked other
mapsets that I have used in that time frame, and all of them have ppm files
in them. mapsets I have not used have empty .tmp folders. Three days ago is
when I installed RC4 binaries. Is this an issue with RC4 for anyone else? Is
it a Windows thing? I'm using XP, on a laptop. I HAVE gone into hibernation
with GRASS still up. Does dong so cause GRASS to "forget" the current PID,
and therefore not be able to find the old ppm files to flush? Or is this
just a bug in RC4?

Here are contents of the .tmp directory by ls command from MYSYS shell:

iullah at BENGAL1 ~/My Documents/GIS
DataBase/Palestine_Grid_1923/PERMANENT/.tmp
$ ls
1240.0.pgm 2796.3.pgm 3672.1.pgm 3696.18.pgm 3696.8.pgm 4328.0
1240.0.ppm 2796.3.ppm 3672.1.ppm 3696.18.ppm 3696.8.ppm 4328.1
1376.0.pgm 2796.4.pgm 3696.0.pgm 3696.19.pgm 3696.9.pgm 4372.0.pgm
1376.0.ppm 2796.4.ppm 3696.0.ppm 3696.19.ppm 3696.9.ppm 4372.0.ppm
1376.1.pgm 3208.0.pgm 3696.1.pgm 3696.2.pgm 3756.0 460.0.pgm
1376.1.ppm 3208.0.ppm 3696.1.ppm 3696.2.ppm 3836.0.pgm 460.0.ppm
1396.0 3284.dbf 3696.10.pgm 3696.20.pgm 3836.0.ppm 484.0.pgm
1644.0.pgm 3288.0 3696.10.ppm 3696.20.ppm 3836.1.pgm 484.0.ppm
1644.0.ppm 3316.0 3696.11.pgm 3696.21.pgm 3836.1.ppm 5108.0
2128.0.pgm 3380.0 3696.11.ppm 3696.21.ppm 3880.0.pgm 5452.0
2128.0.ppm 3380.1 3696.12.pgm 3696.22.pgm 3880.0.ppm 5452.1
2244.0.pgm 3380.2 3696.12.ppm 3696.22.ppm 3900.0.pgm 5452.2
2244.0.ppm 3464.0.pgm 3696.13.pgm 3696.3.pgm 3900.0.ppm 5452.3
2480.0 3464.0.ppm 3696.13.ppm 3696.3.ppm 3932.0.pgm 5452.4
2548.0.pgm 3480.0.pgm 3696.14.pgm 3696.4.pgm 3932.0.ppm 6104.0
2548.0.ppm 3480.0.ppm 3696.14.ppm 3696.4.ppm 4012.0.pgm 672.0.pgm
2796.0.pgm 3596.0.pgm 3696.15.pgm 3696.5.pgm 4012.0.ppm 672.0.ppm
2796.0.ppm 3596.0.ppm 3696.15.ppm 3696.5.ppm 4052.0 672.1.pgm
2796.1.pgm 3656.0 3696.16.pgm 3696.6.pgm 4104.0.pgm 672.1.ppm
2796.1.ppm 3656.1 3696.16.ppm 3696.6.ppm 4104.0.ppm
2796.2.pgm 3672.0.pgm 3696.17.pgm 3696.7.pgm 4236.0.pgm
2796.2.ppm 3672.0.ppm 3696.17.ppm 3696.7.ppm 4236.0.ppm



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Isaac I Ullah, M.A.

Archaeology PhD Student,
ASU School of Evolution and Social Change

Research Assistant,
Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project
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isaac.ullah at asu.edu
ullah at archaeologist.com

http://www.public.asu.edu/~iullah
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