euos add/remove/setup
- Posted by Rudy Toews <rltoews at PANGEA.CA> Feb 15, 1999
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good day, currently i use cleansweep but it has problems with other programs that want the same resources. i recently found a program called 1disk that monitors removable media and creates a database and issues mount messages etc. it has problems because it wants the same resources as cleansweep. i use cleansweep mostly to monitor installs so i can remove trial versions of programs. or re-install for an improved system. re: add / remove/ setup i recently thought of another way which can be implemented in the euos project. adding /removing programs need to know what files are related so they can all be removed without leaving pieces of programs around. my idea is based on the fact that programs are installed one at a time and therefore no install will use the same time block. just like no physical item can exist in two places at the same time. if a field is kept for installation date/time in a directory database and is never modifiable afterwards it could be used to find related files and select them to be deleted/moved/backed up/restored. the o.s. file creation date won't work because it is retained when the file is zipped and unzipped on another system.the unzipped file date isn't the date the file was unzipped or installed by setup programs on the new system. this time block stamp could be implemented in the euos or newer versions of euphoria. it could aid in keeping projects seperated though i have'nt given more thought of using a time block in that fashion. just an idea. any comments. rudy