Thanks, Jim. This helps. I do have further questions since I am not looking to delete files myself, I am looking to find files that may have already been deleted.
It is interesting that the Data Manager function called DmRemoveRecord lists its purpose as "Remove a record from a database and dispose of its data chunk". How and where does this data chunk get "disposed"? Is each bit in the chunk set back to zero in the file system? Is there a "disposed" bit in the record description that still belongs to the database? ... How does the file structure react to these different ways to delete? Jim Morris wrote: > > It depends on how you delete them. See the Palm OS Reference.pdf > documentation. > * DmDeleteRecord : Deletes record body but leave info with delete flag. > * DmRemoveRecord: completely removed record. > * DmArchiveRecord: Leaves record body and sets archive bit. > > These option primarily exist for synchronization. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Fritzsching Michelle > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:41 AM > > To: Conduit Developer Forum > > Subject: low-level access and deleted files > > > > > > > > What happens to deleted files on the Palm? Is there any difference in > > the behavior if the archive option is checked before synching? Are they > > still part of the database structure but not readable by the API? Is the > > data actually deleted or simply marked "deleted" in the file system? I > > have had experience with deleted files in other file systems, just not > > Palm. How does Palm handle them? Can I get to the information in another > > way besides the API? > > > > Thank you, > > New to Palm > > > > -- > > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to > > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see >http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
