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faq:dummy_files [2008-11-07 20:06] 70.103.232.219faq:dummy_files [2011-05-09 13:00] (current) – Quotation mark Aleksandr
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-====== What are those '_dummyfiles ? ======+====== What are those _dummy’ files ? ======
  
-:?: One may find empty files named '_dummyinside some directories (e.g. in ./data/tmp) and wonder what they are good for.+:?: One may find empty files named _dummy’ inside some directories (e.g. in ''./data/tmp'') and wonder what they are good for.
  
-:!: Some directories of DokuWiki are empty at installation time, but still must exist. When DokuWiki is packed into an archive these directories are packed into as well. But, on unpacking, some archive software may omitt to create them because they are empty. The '_dummyfiles forces them to always be unpacked (created).+:!: Some directories of DokuWiki are empty at installation time, but still must exist. When DokuWiki is packed into an archive these directories are packed into as well. But, on unpacking, some archive software may omitt to create them because they are empty. The _dummy’ files forces them to always be unpacked (created).
  
 So it's safe to delete them after unpacking. So it's safe to delete them after unpacking.
  
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