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From: shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: System 7.0 & Aliases
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Date: 7 Sep 89 23:45:43 GMT
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Before we let this whole file ID thing get out of hand, I'd like to
point out a few things:

First of all, the documents that describe file IDs that were given
out at the Developer Conference were PRELIMINARY. The design has
changed quite a bit since then, so any assumptions made based
on those documents could be hazardous to your software. We made it
very clear to people at the conference that these materials were
being distributed to give developers an idea of the direction we
were heading in, and not as the newest volume of Inside Mac. So
please, lets try and keep a clear head about this stuff, OK?

Secondly, the file ID capability doesn't have to be implemented
on every volume. There is a higher level facility, the Alias Manager, 
which will work transparently across all volumes, including
those that don't support file IDs. Alias Manager aliases will
have all of the functionality of UNIX soft links, and then some.

Please don't ask me for details of the Alias Manager or of
file IDs. I don't have any newer documentation, and I wouldn't
be able to give it out if I did have it. All you can do is
wait for the System 7.0 seeds to arrive.

Have fun,

Andrew Shebanow
Amway Representative, MacDTS
Apple Computer, Inc.