Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!jessica.stanford.edu!aaron From: aaron@jessica.stanford.edu (Aaron Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: looking for the trashcan Keywords: trash trashcan Message-ID: <1990Sep13.155439.2218@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 13 Sep 90 15:54:39 GMT References: <925@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM> Sender: news@portia.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Organization: Academic Information Resources Lines: 17 In article dve@zooid.UUCP (David Mason) writes: >kleonard@gvlv1.gvl.unisys.com (Ken Leonard) writes: > >Or maybe space invaders to "shoot" the files with. Actually I'd be happy >with a directory added to the directory tree called "Deleted", which would >hang on to the files for a bit if you change your mind... Similiar to the >Mac trash can but not enough to infringe, and it would still be logical. Actually, it woudn't be *that* hard to create such a directory on a hard drive, then have a program that watches for the system shutdown message (like WM_QUERYENDSESSION), asks if you want to chuck the trash or not, and if so deletes everything in it. The Trash Manager would have to be in the load= or run= line. Now, to make it even neater, if it could track the pseudo-undocumented File Manager messages so you can drag onto the Trash Manager icon... Just a thought... Aaron Wallace