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Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want
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Date: 8 Jun 89 18:09:00 GMT
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/* Written 10:57 am  Jun  2, 1989 by bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.unix.wizards */


* Throwing things in a trashcan may be a concept protected by Apple,
Inc. Any similarity to real trashcans, living or dead, is purely
coincidental.
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	-Barry Shein

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Actually, I was thinking of trashcans just before I read this note.
I think it is a great idea.  Usual mode of operation -- remove a
file that I didn't want to remove, realize my mistake 5 seconds later,
moan loudly, then go rummage through the dump tapes to get back the
file.  A non-default option would allow you to throw away something 
without trashcanning it, if you were short on disk space.

But I don't expect that they would ever implement it, just like many other
"user-friendly" things, because the people developing aren't the
people using.