Title: TRASHCAN Author: Stephen Mansfield Version: 1.01 Title From: Documentation Author From: Documentation Version From: Documentation Supplier: Stephen Mansfield (srm2@ukc.ac.uk) Date: 28/07/93 Keywords: Shareware: No Machine: Archimedes Operating system: RISCOS Memory requirements: Peripherals needed: Other s/ware needed: RISC OS 3 or later Directory: micros/arch/riscos/b/b054 Date mounted/updated: 06/08/93 File names: b054.arc Unarchived files: 11 Unarchived size: 41 Kbytes Omissions: See also: TRASH (a/a003), BLACKHOLE (a/a222), MYCOP (b/b138), TRASHFS (b/b172) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acquiring the package: Download the uuencoded file and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help" file in arch/riscos/tools for further info). Description: TrashCan provides a waste bin/trash can/dustbin facility where by the user can delete files safely with the knowledge that if they deleted the wrong thing the file can be restored by extracting it from the trash can. The facility offered by this application is not limited to files. Directories and filing system images may also be deleted. Different Filer options such as Confirm and Verbose can also be set for the TrashCan, compared to those used by other filer operations. All operations use RISC OS 3 facilities to take place in the background.