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- From: dickow@raven.csrv.uidaho.edu (dickow)
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- Subject: Re: UNDELETE SENTRY for Amiga?
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 04:37:28 GMT
- Organization: University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
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- >I hate to say this, but MS-DOS 6 UNDELETE is actually pretty good.
- >Specifically, the SENTRY idea is bloody excellent. Does anyone know if
- >an equivalent exists for the Amiga?
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- >Essentially, a background task allocates an area of the hard disk for
- >deleted files and keeps them for a specified number of days before wiping
- >them out. UNDELETE can bring them back at any time.
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- >I know there are Mac Trashcan-style Workbench apps out there, but I'm
- >looking for something that will patch AmigaDOS Delete function and sneak
- >the files off to a storage area for a few days before killing them.
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- Is a patch really necessary? Why not use a WB MacTrash type program that
- puts trashed items in Trashcan directories, then write a little DOS or
- ARexx script to run at bootup or under cron to check the file dates and
- really delete them from all the Trashcan drawers? This could be made safe
- and transparent with just a few minutes of script writing.
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