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channels directory / channels folder #197611 10/04/08 10:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 80 UK H HM2K OP Babel fish
OP HM2K Babel fish H Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 80 UK	Surly the channels directory should only be created when you use /list and it doesn't exist? Why does mIRC insist at creating this pre-startup. To remove it automatically I am using: on *:start: .rmdir channels But this is less than ideal. Another thing I have noticed is that if the directory doesn't exist, and you issue /list, the /list command doesn't attempt to recreate it, neither does it output the list to a file.

Re: channels directory / channels folder HM2K #197623 10/04/08 07:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	This is not a bug, it is intentional behaviour. mIRC auto creates certain directories it may need during execution. This behaviour should not affect you as these directories are located in its application data space. There is no functional gain nor loss from changing this behaviour, so I don't see how you consider it a "bug". You'll notice that your issue #2 is based on issue #1. This is equivalent to saying "Damn, I deleted my system32 directory and windows isn't working anymore! WHY??". mIRC needs the directories it creates-- don't mess with them and everything should be fine.

Re: channels directory / channels folder argv0 #197641 11/04/08 10:54 AM
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OP HM2K Babel fish H Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 80 UK	I should at least be able to specify the name of the "channels" directory, I can specify the path to all other directories mirc uses, apart from this one. Why is that?

Re: channels directory / channels folder HM2K #197648 11/04/08 02:27 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,061 MA, USA R Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood R Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,061 MA, USA	And that would be a feature request, not a bug report.

Re: channels directory / channels folder Riamus2 #197680 12/04/08 08:28 AM
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OP HM2K Babel fish H Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 80 UK	Originally Posted By: Riamus2 And that would be a feature request, not a bug report. It's a bug that it's not already a feature.

Re: channels directory / channels folder HM2K #199798 21/05/08 11:49 PM
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OP HM2K Babel fish H Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 80 UK	This is re-enforced by an update in mIRC v6.32... Quote: 32.Changed ini update routine, now only writes an item to the file if it is in fact different in the file. This minimizes file updates. Added mainly for USB drive users. Unnecessary writing is obviously something that should be avoided.

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