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From: pha21@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Braham Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Norton Go Home (Revisited)
Message-ID: <1081@keele.keele.ac.uk>
Date: 15 Apr 91 13:07:40 GMT
References: <26542@adm.brl.mil> <1991Apr12.012705.1872@odin.corp.sgi.com> <191@bria.UUCP>
Organization: University of Keele, England
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In article <191@bria.UUCP>, mike@bria.UUCP (Michael Stefanik) writes:
> In an article, root@thestepchild.sgi.com (Super-User) writes:
> >A while back someone posted a review of a Norton Utilities package that
> >hacked over the appropriate system calls to allow deleted files to be

whats all the big deal about ???  if you really want a NU type thing then
why not just do it with a shell script called "rm" an "mv", ie wake up and
rewrite these to save a copy of deleted and clobbered files. okay this needs 
the same disk space but doesn't have the problem of relinking the kernel. 

this technique has been around for years (slip into boring old reminiscence 
mode) so why should i have to pay Pete Norton bundles for something that i
can write myself in 30 seconds flat ??? all you don't get is a glitzy
user interface. oh no why not write one in your favourite windowing
system.

as a final point : Would authors of news messages please refrain from spurious 
comments about how nice people are ?? i don't think that lines like 
		".. is a real puke" 
add anything to any arguement least of all that of the authors. 
i don't mind humour but do dislike this habit of insulting anyone and 
anything that is unknown. 

braham


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