Re: [NTLK] System soup and backup problems?

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_euronet.nl)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 09:41:43 PDT


On dinsdag, apr 15, 2003, at 18:20 Europe/Amsterdam, Victor Rehorst
wrote:
> Matthew, did you look specifically deep into the userConfiguration
> slot in the
> System soup? This is a slot where the Newton stores settings and the
> primary
> owner's information. But a lot of other apps (most notable
> SimpleMail) use
> this area for their settings instead of allocating a new slot. I've
> found
> tons of cruft in here before, and it ended up freeing a bunch of heap
> as well
> as space:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=newtontalk&m=104739304816870&w=2
>
And what do you use to clean these recesses of your Newt, Victor?

Robert Benschop

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