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Mmmh.... what happens if another file with the same name is already in the Trash??
Authored by: germ on Fri, Feb 29 2008 at 1:56PM PST

What happens if another file with the same name is already in the Trash?
Authored by: marbx on Fri, Feb 29 2008 at 3:47PM PST

The function should work very similar to Finder -- if another file with the same name exists, it will append the current time to make the name unique. Say you delete "newfile," then delete a second file named "newfile" in a different folder. When you go to look in the Trash, you'll see "newfile" and "newfile 12-10-00" if you deleted the second "newfile" at ten minutes past noon.