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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: Idea for a unique delete?(for lack of a better description)
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
- References: <1992Aug13.111004.2582@kub.nl>
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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 06:54:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.111004.2582@kub.nl>, hoppie@kub.nl (Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers) writes...
- >
- >Just add the DELDIR= line to your CONFIG.SYS (OS/2 install puts it
- >there with a REM in front of it). Put the "trashcan" dir in the line,
- >e.g. SET DELDIR=\OS2\TRASH
- >You can add some number as well, eg SET DELDIR=\OS2\TRASH,512
-
- The problem with this is that it screws up some mail readers and other
- programs that don't delete files the "proper way." Also, it takes up
- space! I don't want to devote 512K to this. When I delete a file, I
- want it gone (at least until I want to undelete it! :) As Timothy Sipples
- suggested, get the PHOENIX.ZOO program from ftp-os2! It works GREAT!
- The ONLY gripe I have with it is that you need to undelete files to
- another drive. I sure hope there's a 2.0 specific version.
- BTW, it's was the \pub\os2\1.x\diskutils direcotry the last time I
- checked.
-
- Srikanth
-