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From: hpuschma@uchdcc.uchile.cl (Heinrich Puschmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Democratic bug in AppleLink!
Keywords: bug AppleLink General democracy
Message-ID: <2107@uchdcc.uchile.cl>
Date: 8 May 90 18:41:40 GMT
Organization: U. de Chile, Depto. Ciencias de la Computacion, CHILE
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Here is a _very_ strange bug in the AppleLink application that had me really
puzzled for a while:

  1  Write a new memo and save it using the name "General".

  2  Quit to the Finder or switch to it if you're using MultiFinder.

  3  Now try to find the file "General".  It's not there!

You can imagine how baffled I was the first time it happened to me, just after
finishing a lengthy letter.  I was much too surprised to be angry.

This problem occurs in both AppleLink version 4 and version 5.  I don't have
a copy of version 5.1, so I can't tell if it happens there as well.  The
problem is repeatable 100%.  If a document named "General" already exists,
you will be warned if you want to replace it; however, if you click Yes to
replace it, the original file remains untouched.

I especially enjoyed the "General's disappearing act" here in Chile.  Some of
you may remember that only two months ago, Chile's former dictatorial regime,
headed by General Augusto Pinochet, was replaced by the democratically elected
president Patricio Aylwin.

So remember from now on: General will always disappear :)

-- Thomas Fruin

   Apple Chile
   AppleLink: LAICHI.SPT                  (laichi.spt@applelink.apple.com)
   Internet:  tafruin@heraldo.apple.cl