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From: m.tiernan@pro-angmar.UUCP (Michael Tiernan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Directory modification dates
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Date: 14 Jun 89 12:51:37 GMT
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Network Comment: to #1289 by obsolete!dlyons%apple.com

Dave, in your message, you point out that the ProDOS FST propagates the
changed dates through the directory structure but ProDOS 8 doesn't.  I thought
(Note that I didn't say assume! :->) that it was the application's
responsibility to perform the propagation under ProDOS 8?  And as such, YES
chcking the root directory for a change in Mod date is legal but NO it's a
very foolish thing to assume that EVERYONE who has handled the ball won't drop
it.


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