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- From: madhacker@smarty.smart.net (F. Cowart)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: UNDELETE SENTRY for Amiga?
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 23:04:40 GMT
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- Bill Bennett (uzdb0025@sable.ox.ac.uk) 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.
-
- : Thanks,
-
- : Bill Bennett
-
- I have an UNDELETE command but you have to use it before the file is over
- written by another file. It works for me bacause I tend to find out that
- I have done something stupid as soon as the name scrolls past on the
- screen. ;)
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