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From: mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Help! GetDiskObject()
Message-ID: <8886@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 89 13:32:08 GMT
References: <2651@caesar.cs.montana.edu> <571@xdos.UUCP>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael Sinz - CATS)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <571@xdos.UUCP> doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
>In article <2651@caesar.cs.montana.edu> icsu8212@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Stone) writes:
>> If you want the disk icon, you should specify
>>Disk.info.  The .info file by itself only specifies where the workbench window
>>for that disk will come up (I think).
>
>That's exactly right. The file ".info" is a window snapshot, created by
>selecting the SNAPSHOT menu entry from Workbench. There will be one
>in every directory in which a snapshot has been taken. It contains the
>positions for all windows and icons that were snapshotted.

Wrong...   The .info file is a list of icons in the directory that workbench
uses to load the icons more quicly.  (Does not need to scan the directory)
This is done via file dates...  A .info file is created whenever you open
a disk/drawer.  (Assuming there is space and the disk is not write-protected)

>
>It's badly named, since it's name looks similar to, but is in fact totally
>different from, all other "*.info" files.

The name could be called bad, but as the system stands now, file requesters
could just filter all files that end in ".info" and thus not expose the user
to files that he has not created himself.

>	Doug
>-- 
>Doug Merritt		{pyramid,apple}!xdos!doug
>Member, Crusaders for a Better Tomorrow		Professional Wildeyed Visionary

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