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- From: leonardr@ccs.itd.umich.edu
- Subject: Compression & File Recovery (Re: AutoDoubler & Norton Filesaver)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.050121.2275@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
- Originator: leonardr@diddley.ccs.itd.umich.edu
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- Organization: Campus Computing Sites, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- References: <1992Aug16.155129.27131@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <1992Aug17.185732.7819@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> <19279@ector.cs.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 05:01:21 GMT
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- In article <19279@ector.cs.purdue.edu> knapp@cs.purdue.EDU (Edgar Knapp) writes:
- >> [AutoDoubler & FileSaver slowdowns]
- >>
- >The problem here is not so much the slow down, but the fact that
- >FileSaver is rendered ineffective by programs that generate lots of
- >temp files. This is because file recovery utilities keep a record of
- >only the most recently deleted files.
- >
- This is true that if the programs have not been "synched", then
- you will indeed have a lot of temp files in your file recovery list.
-
- To this end, we work closely with the folks at Symantec, and Utilitron
- to make sure that StuffIt SpaceSaver temporary files are _NOT_ tracked by
- either FileSaver or Guarenteed Undelete. I am sure that the folks at
- Salient/Fifth Generation could do the same....
-
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