Re: Changing the name of a file in the temporary items folder
Re: Changing the name of a file in the temporary items folder
- Subject: Re: Changing the name of a file in the temporary items folder
- From: Skeeve <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:37:54 +0100
Michelle Steiner wrote:
It isn't. Of course you can move it to the trash. But then it's not
deleted it's just in the trash.
So? They didn't create it; they didn't even know it existed, so what
is the problem?
They see: "Oops! There is something in my trash I always keep empty and
clean. Where does it come from?"
You shouldn't surprise the user.
Even worse: Some users might have moved some things to trash and by
the time they noticed, your code already emptied the trash.
What is bad about that? The purpose of the trash is to be emptied.
There are users out there who don't enpty the trash every day. So don't
think that everyone handles it as you do. After all: The trash keeps
files until the user empties it. So I wouldn't like a program to empty
it without being asked...
Yes, that is a minor problem, but it certainly is not the mountain
you're trying to make it into.
Hmmm... I didn't. At least I'm not feeling I did. There were posts
telling me that there are workarounds and I just told them why *I think*
those are no true solutions *to me*. I think I already wrote in a very
early stage that "do shell script" does everything I need.
You have been given a number of alternatives that satisfy your
original complaint (which seems to have artificial constraints at the
outset), but you have chosen to add more and more constraints as each
is addressed.
No. The constraints were given right at the start. All myother
objections were to side effects the workarounds have and which I don't like.
I predict that if you continue with this attitude, you will find fewer
and fewer people who will be willing to help you.
To be honest: There is not much help here yet :-( I hoped, when I
subscribed, that this List would be more helpful than
http://www.fischer-bayern.de/phpBB2/index.php
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