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- TrashFS version 0.70
- ====================
-
- This program is subject to the license restrictions laid out in the file
- License.
-
- This is a not-quite-yet-completed version of !TrashFS, but it is
- a complete version in itself, so I've decided to release it anyway.
- It requires the Squash module to be loaded before running.
-
- This Trashcan provides several significant advantages over most other
- ones (you've undoubtedly got at least one...):
-
- o It's got 3D icons (OK, so this isn't important)
- o It has a 'Keep For' option allowing you to file your
- trash by date and get rid of trash older than a certain
- time period.
- o It's got a Password option preventing unauthorised
- trashing/deleting of your files
- o There are several 'Action' options to, say, compress the
- trash, or count how much trash there is.
- o It has a *Command interface
-
- !TrashFS is accessed by a main menu called up, as usual, with the menu
- button on the iconbar icon.
-
- Info This leads to a standard(ish) info box with a l..o..n..g
- scrolly message that looks rather good...
- Warning When ticked, this causes the border to flash red if
- you are about to undertake a dangerous action that
- could result in files being deleted. Risc OS 2 Only
- Immediate When ticked, this causes all files dragged to the icon
- to be deleted immediately. Hence, no trashed file
- retention, no back-dating, no fat-icon etc. All files
- already in the trashcan are deleted also.
- Incidentally, this simulates the performance of the
- Atari trashcan
- Smooth Aesthetic option that causes a 'smooth' transition
- from fat to thin. A touch of class...
- Keep For This option allows you to delete trash older than
- the number of days specified in the writable icon.
- Empty Trash Today's Deletes the files that have been trashed
- today, but leaves all others alone
- All Deletes all trash
- Action Squash Squashes all trash in the trashcan using
- Acorn's Squash module. This provides
- LZW compression which is quite efficient.
- The trash can be decompressed with Acorn's
- !Squash application also.
- UnSquash Decompresses all trash in the trashcan
- using Acorn's Squash module.
- Count Counts how much trash is in the can. This
- uses neither Risc OS 2's awful count or
- Risc OS 3's nicer one, but its own, so it
- multitasks on all machines.
- Wipe :0 Drastic! Wipes the floppy in drive 0.
- Password Enter Allows you to enter the password. You must
- enter a correct password before you are
- allowed to trash files or empty the trash, or,
- indeed, perform any action on the trash.
- If your password is wrong, you will get the
- message 'Incorrect password'. You must also
- enter a correct password before you can change
- it!! The default password is TRASHCAN (case
- is significant)
- New Allows you to change the password. The
- password can be up to 8 characters long and
- can contain any ASCII character.
- Quit Temporary As !TrashFS is implemented as a module, it
- can re-initialise itself after a soft-reset
- (unlike some Basic trashcans...). This
- option will kill the current incarnation of
- !TrashFS in the desktop, but will allow it
- to re-initialise after a reset.
- Permanent Similarly, this option kills the current
- incarnation but prevents it re-initialising:
- it completely removes !TrashFS from memory.
-
- Trash is filed by date; that is, trash is saved into a directory inside
- the main Trash directory that corresponds to the current date. To open
- this directory, click select over the Trash icon. To see the main Trash
- directory, click Adjust over the icon. You will probably see several
- directories, and each one corresponds to a particular date. The dates
- are given as <day>_<month>_year, in the European style. You can access
- a particular day's trash by opening the correct folder for it.
- Trash older than the number of days specified by the Keep For option - if
- it is enabled - will be deleted when the application starts up.
-
- I would suggest that the best time to trash data is at the start of a
- session, not the end. This means that if you remember that something
- you trashed in the previous session is important, then you can recover
- it. Also, don't trash things for the fun of it. By this I mean, don't
- drag a file to the icon and then select Empty Trash - this defeats the
- whole purpose.
-
- !TrashFS stores its configuration settings in byte 40 of the CMOS ram.
- If it can't find anything sensible there, !TrashFS assumes defaults of:
-
- o Warning On
- o Smooth On
- o Keep For On
- o Keep For set for 10 days
-
- !TrashFS isn't quite finished, as I have yet to implement such wonderful
- features as info on the trash or analysis, and there may be some residual
- bugs. Why, then, have I released it? I would like some feedback! What do
- you want in a trashcan? Why do you want a trashcan? What do you use it for?
- (Apart from trashing files, smarty...)
- Thus, this release corresponds to what some people call Beta-Test. Doesn't
- really matter what its designation is, I suppose.
-
- I can be reached all year round at
-
- Mr David J Seery
- 15 Farm Walk
- Bents Farm Estate
- Littleborough
- Lancashire
- OL15 8LJ
-
- Bug reports, comments, suggestions, etc., always welcome. Please enclose
- an SAE if you want a reply!