BFuture_BM
19th December 2006 13:22 UTC

temporary files during installation process
hello folks,
will there be any temporary files created by the installer during the whole installation process (e.g. for decompressing tasks) and if so, where will they be located?
at the moment i'm installing about 500MB and would like to know if the user has to provide extra diskspace in addition to that while running the installation.
Thanks alot!

Red Wine
19th December 2006 13:54 UTC

This is $PLUGINSDIR http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.2.3 .
This dir usually holds up to some KBs regarding to the plugins and images/sounds etc compiled with the script.

BFuture_BM
19th December 2006 14:42 UTC

thanks for your quick answer!
but will there be temporary files whose content and especially size depends on the amount of data i'm including in the installer using the 'file' command?

niteflyer
19th December 2006 15:33 UTC

Here is a similar thread:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=225798

Red Wine
19th December 2006 15:37 UTC

If you use File /oname from a function to extract a large temporary file of your own.

BFuture_BM
19th December 2006 16:00 UTC

Thanks a lot!
I think i was missing the right keywords for finding this thread...