On 9/8/05, Matthew Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, there would be a few problems with doing this. First, it would > be hard to come up with a meaningful way of specifying a threshold that > worked for volumes of wildly varying sizes (hard disks, USB keys, > floppy disks, etc). > Such an option could be made volume-specific and > presented in the volume's Properties window, but that would be an > unfortunate separation from the rest of the Trash options. (Windows > puts each device in its own tab in the Recycle Bin Properties, but the > interface is very awkward. > <http://www.certiguide.com/apfr/cg_apfr_TheRecycleBin.htm>) > > Second, when you're running out of disk space, emptying the Trash isn't > the only -- or even necessarily the best -- potential source of free > space. To compare with Windows again, since Windows 98 it has had a > Disk Cleanup Wizard letting you choose from a variety of things you > might want to delete. > <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000pro/evaluate/ > featfunc/bestperf.mspx#EDAA> > > And third, if even emptying the Trash doesn't make enough room on the > disk to get beyond the threshold, the Trash will unexpectedly turn into > a black hole. Anything you put in it will be deleted immediately. >
And fourth, what happens if you have recently deleted something that you've changed your mind about? The one reason there is a Trash at all? For disk nearly full, a warning and if possible a cleaning wizard would be quite sufficient I think? -- Kristoffer Lundén ☎ 0704 48 98 77 ✉ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 618 289 83 http://www.gamemaker.nu/
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