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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Konqueror delete unification
From:       David Hugh-Jones <hughjonesd () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-07-16 9:39:15
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On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 09:52, Jos van den Oever wrote:

> In a per-user trash directory, all files are only visible to the user that 
> deleted them, unless the filesystem does not allow per-user file permissions. 
> In the latter case, it's not a problem that the file is still visible: it was 
> visible before too and the trash interface is/should be clear enough that the 
> user knows the file is still there.

But if so, it's impossible for me to trash the file without keeping the
security risk present. I have to delete it instead.

I think one of the reasons to trash things is to remove them from where
they are.  If "Trashing files" just meant moving them to a hidden file
in the same location, it would lose that. 

Dave

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