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In article <90045.192605BGB100@psuvm.psu.edu>, BGB100@psuvm.psu.edu (Bruce Blanar) writes:
> "Neodesk trashcan accessory"?  I've never heard of it and I use Neodesk
> all the time.  Is this something in a newer version?
> 
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Neotrash is a recoverable trashcan accessory.  It replaces the trashcan on
Neodesk 2.05 or higher versions only.  It was distributed by Gribnif as
"freeware" as a 'gift' to it's users.  At first I thought, "Great! now it will
be just like the black hole on the NeXT!"  But upon reading the documentation,
I found out that it IS like the black hole on the NeXT.  What that means is
that you have to go through two steps to delete something.  When you drag an
item to the trashcan, it removes the entry from the directory, and stores it in
a hidden file on the root of the disk that the file was deleted from.  It keeps
the bytes on the disk that are used by the file marked as used so they don't
get overwritten.  Then if you want to recover a file you just double click on
the trashcan and select it and click on recover.

There are three drawbacks to this: 

1)  Your trashcan fills up real quick, and the new trashcan isn't a real
replacement for the old trashcan.  (If you drag an icon from the desktop to the
trashcan, it will try to actually delete that item.  Bit it IS recoverable).

2)  Since the clusters are marked as used, but are not assigned to a file,
programs that check the structure of the disks will report errors, and
optimizers will TRASH the disk.

3)  The files still take up valuable space on your hard drive.

Still, it IS freeware, and some of you may be interested in using it, so I will
be posting it tonight to comp.binaries.atari.st.  (If I get time...)

I just wonder why they didn't make it easier and just hide the files that have
been deleted....
 
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