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From: madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: .places
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Date: 14 Apr 90 19:20:59 GMT
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In article <36380@brunix.UUCP> rca@tahoe.cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony) writes:
>These are files the Workspace uses to cache the contents of directories.

Cache?  No.  It simply saves the locations of the icons in the Macintosh
like Workspace Browser windows.  You will note that if .places is deleted,
it is not created again until such a window is opened for that directory.

Mark Adler
madler@tybalt.caltech.edu