Re: Need a Way to Get Rid of CAM .GPI Files

The gpi files are generated for each job. Normally you see only the last

job's gpi file cause the others are overwritten. The filename of the info

file can be altered (look for "%I" placeholder in the manual). I use

".[ext]%I{.info}" for my cam data file name, so I get an info file for each

job, and it also shows you explicitly that the "xxx.yyy.info" file belongs

to the "xxx.yyy" cam data. This removes the gpi related questions from the

manufacturer.

Now, this filename ought to be the standard filename in the cam files that

comes with eagle so that people learn how to use it.

Also I agree with you that the info file should not be written unless you

use the %I placeholder.

"James Morrison" <james@eaglecentral.ca> wrote in message

news:ih51qv$cl$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

>I know this has come up before but I'm having to delete a lot of these

lately and it is annoying.

 

I have no use for the .gpi files that are generated when creating gerbers.

We need a way to add a tab to the CAM file (last one I would think) that

can specify a system command to run.  Then users could do all kinds of

things for production file generation, including running a command line to

remove those silly .gpi files.

 

I can't count how many thousands of those files I have deleted--that is

all

wasted time that I'll never get back.  And I don't want to have to go to a

command line to do it manually--the tool should allow a way to clean up

automatically.

The gpi files are generated for each job. Normally you see only the last

job's gpi file cause the others are overwritten. The filename of the info

file can be altered (look for "%I" placeholder in the manual). I use

".[ext]%I{.info}" for my cam data file name, so I get an info file for each

job, and it also shows you explicitly that the "xxx.yyy.info" file belongs

to the "xxx.yyy" cam data. This removes the gpi related questions from the

manufacturer.

Now, this filename ought to be the standard filename in the cam files that

comes with eagle so that people learn how to use it.

Also I agree with you that the info file should not be written unless you

use the %I placeholder.

"James Morrison" <james@eaglecentral.ca> wrote in message

news:ih51qv$cl$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

>I know this has come up before but I'm having to delete a lot of these

lately and it is annoying.

 

I have no use for the .gpi files that are generated when creating gerbers.

We need a way to add a tab to the CAM file (last one I would think) that

can specify a system command to run.  Then users could do all kinds of

things for production file generation, including running a command line to

remove those silly .gpi files.

 

I can't count how many thousands of those files I have deleted--that is

all

wasted time that I'll never get back.  And I don't want to have to go to a

command line to do it manually--the tool should allow a way to clean up

automatically.