[TYPO3-dev] 6.0 / deleting files the correct way

[Christian Weiske]

Hello all,


> >  In my eyes, having a file record marked
> > as "deleted" is a valid case, and TYPO3 should support it by not
> > showing it in the normal file list view.
> Files should be marked as deleted, moved to trash after a few days of
> no references are left and be deleted by a second task after a longer
> period.
> 
> IMHO this should be the default behavior. Direct delete (if no
> references are left) should be optional.
> It might also depend on the storage if a trash feature is supported.
> But the database records should always support delete.


Steffen Ritter now wrote the following in 42294[1]'s review:

> The delete action should definitely delete the file in the file system
> - if and only if no existing relations to the file are present. The
> file list will always show all files present in file system and won't
> show files which are only present in the database

This goes away from the database, working directly on files.

Should the deleted files be at least marked up as deleted, e.g. by
striking them through?

Shouldn't deleting the file also delete the record?

How is trash handled in this case?


[1] http://forge.typo3.org/issues/42294

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Christian Weiske

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