On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:59:31 +0000, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Friday, January 7, 2005, 2:57:31 PM, Graywolf wrote: > > > Delete in computereze really only means "delete the directory entry" the > > file > > remains > > Depends on the file system, of course. It can also mean: > > - set the status in the directory entry to 'deleted' > - set the status in the file header to 'deleted' > - set the file length (wherever it's held) to -n, which is the same > as: > - set or clear some bit some place > > - any of the above, and fill the space with some character or random > set of values > - any of the above and reorganise the disk to use the freed-up space > > etc. etc. etc. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob
So somewhere, at this very moment, some poor pimple-faced teenaged kid who downloaded porn on the family computer, is busy deleting files. At least, he ~thinks~ they're being deleted... <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
