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.