Short: AppIcon File-Deleter, keeps WB in sync
Type: os20/wb
Uploader: dances@qedbbs.com

                             TRASHMASTER V1.4

               The ultimate in byte disposal for the Amiga.

          Copyright (c) 1993 By Aric R Caley and Greywire designs

                               28 April 1993

   In short, this a "super trashcan" that deletes icons dropped into it, as
opposed to the normal trashcan that is simply a directory on the disk. And,
unlike some other similar programs, Trashmaster makes sure Workbench
properly removes its icons..even if they are icons that Workbench made on
the fly with the "show all" option.

   There is another program out there, that does exactly the same thing --
called "blackhole" (it even has a similar icon).  Neither Trashmaster or
Blackhole are copied from each other -- we just had the same idea!  (we
both copied the idea from the NeXT computer, I gather..).  However,
Trashmaster is much better -- its smaller (no big deal, though), and it
handles things better.  For instance, Blackhole doesn't seem to delete
files if the icon is a "fake" icon created by the Workbench "Show >>All
Files" option; and it also apears to not know how to delete a drawer.

   I've seen several other similar trash-app-icons, but none of them seem to
be able to keep workbench "in sync" and they all have problems.

Trashmaster features
*********************

   Features of Trashmaster are as follows:

   * It's really small.  In fact, the docs are bigger!

   * It's for 2.0 and above only.

   * It removes any file that Workbench lets you "drag and drop".

   * If the file has a real icon on disk, it is deleted.

   * Workbench removes the icon and closes any windows those icons might
     have open.

   * If Workbench had the "Show >>All Files" option on, even the "fake"
     icons generated dynamicly will be removed from display.

   * If the file cant be deleted (another program locked it or maybe it has
     an assignment to it), Trashmaster will put the icon back.

   * You can delete things interactively -- confirming each file to be
     either deleted, to skip and go to the next file, to delete the rest of
     the files non-interactively or finaly to abort the whole thing.