ireland@ac.dal.ca (06/12/91)
Everytime I restart my mac after having used Resedit 2.1 in the previous session there is a folder in the trash called "Rescued items from myDriveName". In this folder is a file called "Resedit.Scrap". Having something appear in the trash that I didn't put there is slightly annoying. Is this expected behavior or am I doing something wrong? I am using System 7. Keith Conover ireland@ac.dal.ca
alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg) (06/13/91)
In article <1991Jun11.153430.492@ac.dal.ca>, ireland@ac.dal.ca writes: > > Everytime I restart my mac after having used Resedit 2.1 in the previous > session there is a folder in the trash called "Rescued items from myDriveName". > In this folder is a file called "Resedit.Scrap". Having something appear > in the trash that I didn't put there is slightly annoying. Is this expected > behavior or am I doing something wrong? I am using System 7. > You are doing nothing wrong. ResEdit 2.1 has a bug. System 7 aware applications may use a "special" folder called "Temporary Items" that can be found at the root level of each hard disk. They can put temporary files here. ResEdit does this for things on the clipboard. The application is responsible for deleting such items when it is done with them. When your Mac shuts down (or starts up, I forget which), it checks the contents of the "Temporary Items" folder. If there are contents, it assumes that some application had crashed, leaving it's temporary items laying around. It moves all such items into a folder in your Trash (for that volume) and names it appropriatly ("Rescued Items from myDriveName"). The hope is that clever System 7 aware applications may recognize when this happens, and try to restore any potentially lost work. The technical details of how this works, along with information about how to locate and use these folders can be found on pages 9-40 to 9-44 of Inside Macintosh Volume VI (the Finder Interface chaapter). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alexander M. Rosenberg - INTERNET: alexr@apple.com - Yoyodyne - - 330 1/2 Waverley St. - UUCP:ucbvax!apple!alexr - Propulsion - - Palo Alto, CA 94301 - - Systems - - (415) 329-8463 - Nobody is my employer so - :-) - - (408) 974-3110 - nobody cares what I say. - -
neal@farcomp.UUCP (Neal Trautman) (06/15/91)
In article <1991Jun11.153430.492@ac.dal.ca> ireland@ac.dal.ca writes: >Everytime I restart my mac after having used Resedit 2.1 in the previous >session there is a folder in the trash called "Rescued items from myDriveName". >In this folder is a file called "Resedit.Scrap". Having something appear >in the trash that I didn't put there is slightly annoying. Is this expected >behavior or am I doing something wrong? I am using System 7. > >Keith Conover >ireland@ac.dal.ca This is a bug in the current version of ResEdit and should be fixed in the next release. Neal Trautman neal@farallon.com