Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python?

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Date	2015-05-16 04:33 +1000
Subject	Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python?
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.43.1431714803.17265.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:27 AM,  <random832@fastmail.us> wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2015, at 00:25, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> The main thing is that trashing invites the system to delete the file
>> at its leisure,
>
> I've never seen a system whose trash can emptied itself without user
> intervention.

They always grow to infinity on your systems? Huh. That's probably the
better option, but I've had to manage Windowses back as far as XP
recently (back as far as W95 but not for many years, fortunately) and
the system would very kindly remove from the trash... I'm fairly sure
the algorithm was either random or outright malicious, but it did
remove stuff.

ChrisA

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Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-15 01:45 +1000
  Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-14 15:49 +0000
    Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-15 01:59 +1000
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-15 12:28 +1000
    Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-15 11:37 +1000
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-15 11:53 +1000
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-05-14 20:49 -0600
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-15 12:56 +1000
        Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-15 14:09 +1000
          Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-15 14:25 +1000
          Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? random832@fastmail.us - 2015-05-15 14:27 -0400
            Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-05-15 17:04 -0700
          Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-16 04:33 +1000
  Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> - 2015-05-14 18:32 +0100
    Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-14 18:11 +0000
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2015-05-14 20:43 +0200
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-05-14 12:32 -0700
    Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-05-15 12:03 +1000
      Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-05-14 22:27 -0400
  Re: Survey -- Move To Trash function in Python? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-05-14 11:29 -0700
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