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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: UNDELETE SENTRY for Amiga?
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 96 16:19:56
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- dickow (dickow@raven.csrv.uidaho.edu) wrote:
- :
- : >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?
- :
- : >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.
- :
- : >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.
- :
- : 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.
-
- This would only work on files deleted using the shell. Any program which
- uses OS functions to delete files (rather than using CLI commands) would
- continue to delete files in the original way. A patch would be needed to
- prevent this.
-
- -- Mat.
-