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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0!
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.034954.20855@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 8 Feb 91 03:49:54 GMT
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In article <57742@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> skwood@acsu.buffalo.edu (Scott K Wood) writes:
>     Second comment: Since each Amiga disk can have a Trashcan there is
>an Empty Trash menu item, why in 1.0 - 1.3 (I don't know if 2.0 has this)
>versions of Workbench was there ALSO a DISCARD menu item?  As far as I could
>tell, it perfoormed the exact same function MUCH faster than the Trashcan.
>Was there something special about the DISCARD command that made it different
>than putting something in the Trashcan and then Emptying the Trash.  It was
>because of this command that I never had a Trashcan on my disks.  If I was
>using CLI, I would use the delete command.  If I was using WB, just select
>the items that DISCARD them.  
	Which is probobly what most people do. The purpose of the trashcan
is to provide a special directory on each disk where you can put files that
you think you MIGHT want to delete, or that you no longer need. If you are
SURE you don't need a file, you can just use the discard (or "delete" as it
is called under 2.0) menu item, and save yourself the extra step of selecting
and emptying the trash.
	But if you just want to get rid of a file, or get rid of a bunch at
once, in a safe way (how many times have you used a wildcard to delete a
group of files under AmigaDOS or Unix and relized too late that you
removed a couple other files as well?), the trashcan works nicely. You can
just leave it alone and empty the trash when the disk starts to fill up
or you have verified you don't want any of the files.

			Dave