Can you make Proe not create a trail file?

[rcrisp]

Proe Users,

Can you make Proe not create a trail file?


Ryan Crisp | Senior Mechanical Engineer

Priority Designs
501 Morrison Rd.
Columbus, OH 43230
(614) 337-9979
www.prioritydesigns.com

[mlocascio]

That's an interesting question. I suppose that there is a reason for this
question.



Michael P. Locascio

[dgschaefer]

I don't think so. Why do you want to?



Doug Schaefer

[gkbeer]

Set the trail file directory to one that does not exist.

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[nkaminakis]

Is there any /dev/null to windows??? 🙂 🙂 🙂
does any UNIX user set the trail file directory to /dev/null ??

(just kidding 🙂 🙂 )

[BenLoosli]

Doesn't work. The trail file is still written to either the start-in folder or the folder above the non-existent one.

Thank you,

Ben H. Loosli
USEC, INC.

[DonSenchuk]

I don't think so.

A quick work-around...

1. Create a folder that the trail files will be directed into.

2. Create a batch file to delete all files from that folder.

@del /S /Q /F "C:\<folder path=">\*.*"

3. Create a scheduled task to run the batch file daily.

This will permanently delete anything placed in that folder at the scheduled time.

In Reply to Ryan Crisp:

Proe Users,

Can you make Proe not create a trail file?


Ryan Crisp | Senior Mechanical Engineer

Priority Designs
501 Morrison Rd.
Columbus, OH 43230
(614) 337-9979
www.prioritydesigns.comhttp://www.prioritydesigns.com

[ptc-109699]

We are using Intralink 3.4 so it may be different for you, but I just
modified the Intralink startup batch to delete the trail files and copy
configs etc. That way it deletes the existing trail files before Pro/E
starts.



Nathan Zimmerman

Product Development Coordinator

PTC Systems Administrator

Engineering



1000 Buffalo Road

Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA

[gkbeer]

/dev/nul is a UNIX thing.

In windows its just NUL.

TRY: Trail_file_dir NUL

[dgallup]

In a config.pro file set your trail directory to some local directory, I use:

trail_dir $temp

Then in the bat file that starts Pro/E I add these two lines to the bottom of the file:

cd /d %TEMP%

G:\Apps\PTC\proeWildfire4M170\i486_nt\obj\purge.exe

This leaves two trail files, the one you are currently writing and the previous one.

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