Article # 229, added by Geoworks, historical record
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Deleting .sym & .gym files to save disk space.



If the SDK is taking too much disk space, you can trim down the amount
of disk space used by deleting SYM files. If a SYM file is missing,
Swat will use the geode's GYM file.

GYM files are Generic Symbol files. They contain just enough information
to make swat happy, but are generic enough that they can be used on most
versions of the corresponding geode (radical changes in the geode can 
cause problems, though). The one drawback to using GYM files is that you
won't get the detail of symbol information when stepping through a system
geode.

There are a couple of geodes for which Swat requires the detailed 
information in the SYM files. These are the Loader, Kernel, Generic UI,
and Specific UI. All others (usually) don't matter.