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- “READ ME” for Obliterate, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- January 3, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever Obliterate goes. Please do not distribute
- Obliterate without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- INTRODUCTION
- =============
- This document contains information about Obliterate, a Drop Box by Robert
- Gibson. Information specific to Obliterate itself is given in “Using
- Obliterate”. Characteristics of Drop Boxes in general are discussed in the
- “Using Drop Boxes” section. Other members of the Drop Rob•Box family are
- listed under “Other Drop Rob•Boxes” Finally, information about the author
- is provided in the last section, “About the Author”.
-
- ABOUT OBLITERATE
- =================
- These sections are fairly detailed descriptions of how and why you may
- use Obliterate.
-
- If you use Obliterate, please please please send me a note. I love to hear
- from users of my software. My addresses (post and e-mail) are given below
- in “About the Author”.
-
- Why Does Obliterate Exist?
- ------------------------
- • Obliterate was designed because I hate having to select Empty Trash
- all the time. I am not interested in any Extensions which
- “automatically” empty the trash. I also wanted a facility to completely
- remove a file’s data from my disk and make it totally unrecoverable. It’s
- a scary idea, but it is sometimes necessary.
-
- Using Obliterate
- ---------------
- • Drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application, “Drop Box-
- style”. Obliterate will scan folders and disks provided, and will
- delete ALL files and ALL of the directories provided, no matter
- what their depth. Drop Boxes require Apple Events, and thus System
- 7.0 or higher. Files on locked disks or open files will not be deleted
- (for obvious reasons).
-
- • To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Cancelling in the
- middle of a file might not prevent the current file from being
- deleted. I suggest that you be ABSOLUTELY SURE that you can lose the
- data.
-
- • If you wish your documents to be totally unrecoverable (even through
- file recovery utilities), you can optionally turn shredding on.
-
- • Double-click on the application to change the preferences and see the
- About... box.
-
- Preferences
- -----------
- • The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the
- preferences dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct
- parameters have been set up. You can modify these if you wish. If
- you don't want to see that window again, just say OK. You will have to
- explicitly ask for for the Preferences window the next time you wish
- to change anything.
-
- • To show the Preferences dialog in Drop Box mode, hold down the option
- key while the program is launching.
-
- • The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can tell Obliterate
- whether or not to display an alert to make sure you want the files to
- be deleted. You can also tell it to shred files. Locked files can also be
- obliterated. Remember that items on locked disks can never be
- modified.
-
- • Shredding files replaces the file’s contents with zeros. That means
- that the data within the file is totally unrecoverable, even if you try
- to use a file undeletion utility. This lets you keep private files private.
-
- USING DROP BOXES
- =================
- Drop Boxes are applications which can take advantage of System 7’s Apple
- Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application icon just as you
- would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory. The Drop
- Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits. You can
- also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in just
- one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
- combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for
- files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all
- directories within those dropped in will be modified.
-
- At least, that is how Drop Rob•Boxes work.
-
- OTHER DROP ROB•BOXES
- =====================
- The following is a list of other current members of the Drop Rob•Box
- family. More are being added to the family all the time. Best of all,
- they’re all free.
-
- TextBreak
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- Write messages and other files to be used on-line or on another type of
- computer normally (don’t worry about hitting return at the end of each
- line). Then toss your files (or folders/disks containing the files) into
- this Drop Box. It determines the best location in the file to insert a CR
- and, optionally, a LF, based on your criteria (number of columns, etc.).
- Useful for those who communicate on-line and send messages (probably
- everybody reading this). This utility can also be used without System 7.
- (Available in the Utilities data library in MACSYS on Compuserve).
-
- TextMerge
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- Join text files into a single file. Very useful for telecommunicators (like
- you) who wish to join several text logs or groups of messages into one
- file. All directories dragged into this drop box are scanned, so you can
- throw in sets of files, folders or even disks, or any combination of the
- three, and all contained TEXT files will be processed. This drop box
- requires Apple Events, and thus System 7.0 or higher.
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ==================
- If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
- other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
-
- Robert Gibson E-Mail:
- RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
- Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
- KØK 1LØ
-
- This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
- BBSs and on-line services (eg. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
-
- Obliterate copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
-