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- Alysis Releases Safety Belt Extension
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- Alysis Software Corporation | AppleLink: Alysis
- 1231 31st Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122 | AOL: Alysis
- Tel: 415 566 2263 | CIS: 75300,3011
- FAX: 415 566 9692 | Support: 800 8Alysis
- | GEnie: R.SIGMON
- ___________________________________________________________________
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- San Francisco, CA -- June 19, 1992: Alysis Software Corporation made
- available today free software to give Macintosh users an additional degree of
- safety in the use of temporary files.
-
- The Alysis Safety Belt is a control panel that notifies users whenever a
- temporary file is left on their hard disk. After a system crash, these files
- may contain the most recently edited data of a work in progress. Safety Belt
- alerts users to the presence of the files and reminds them of how to make use
- of the files to avoid the loss of data.
-
- Safety belt operates by taking advantage of Apple's temporary file scheme.
- Programs which follow Apple's temporary file handling guidelines described in
- Inside Macintosh keep their files in a special hidden folder called Temporary
- Items. If there are files in the Temporary Items folder at startup time, the
- Finder assumes that a crash has occurred and renames the folder to Rescued
- Items. The Rescued Items folder is then placed in the Trash folder.
-
- Safety Belt scans for rescued temporary files and presents a message if any
- are available. It tells users where to find the files and how to recover data
- from them.
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- Safety Belt works with all applications which follow Apple's guidelines for
- handling temporary files. It is available free on online services and can be
- obtained for commercial distribution free of licensing fees by contacting
- Alysis Software Corporation at 415 566 2263.
-