[X4U] Re: Folders At Root Level Of Boot-up Drive

Timothy Luoma lists at tntluoma.com
Sat Aug 13 18:18:55 PDT 2005


On Aug 13, 2005, at 8:58 PM, revDAVE wrote:

> Just checking - Is there any reason not to create Folders at the  
> root level
> of the boot-up drive on OSX panther or Tiger ( ... at the same  
> level as the
> System or Library)?

No reason other than keeping things clean.

> Also - varied applications create file such as these at the root  
> level - are
> they safe to delete?
>
> FontDoctor Report
>  Office 2004 11.1.0 Update Log
>  BundleDebug.txt
>  Installer Log File
>  FileMaker Updater Log File
>  MAU 1.1.2 Update Log
>  InterLok Support READ ME.pdf
>  InterLok Support Install Log

Yes.  To answer the opposite of your question, there's no reason TO  
add them there either.  All of those files should have been saved to  
~ or ~/Desktop of the user that ran them, IMO.

TjL




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