Re: FW: Trash and hidden files

[Mike <mnugent goamerica net>]

The directory should be optional.  It would be easy to accidently fill
up a /tmp directory this way which could be very bad for the system. 
Solaris, for example, uses /tmp as swap space also. Imagine deleting a
whole mess of files to clear up disk space, only to realize that you've
used up all your swap.  Yes, many Unix boxes clear out /tmp on reboot,
but many Unix boxes are also not rebooted for spans of months and even
years.  Optional at some point (compile time, system admin set /etc
file, user option, etc) would be necessary.  The only problem with
non-compile time setting is what do we do if it changes?  Move all the
files?  This seems like a mess.  Maybe once it's set, it must be empty
to change?  I think there's more here than meets the eye at first.

--
Mike Nugent
mike@illuminatus.org

Kevin Pearcey wrote:
> 
> Warren Young wrote:
> 
> > One other concern: the trash folder should be in the root of each
> > filesystem, not in that filesystem's /tmp directory.  Many Unixes out
> > there routinely clean out /tmp on a reboot, sometimes deleting
> > everything, and sometimes just files older than 5 days or so.
> 
> I think at this point you should remember that trash should be user
> specific.
> When the next person uses this machine they probably should not get
> access
> to all my personal files I deleted in the last session - And I do hope
> you wont force the trash to be emptied at the end of each session.
> 
> Kevin
> 
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