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From: kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How does one manage default files?
Message-ID: <1990May3.173308.646@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 3 May 90 17:33:08 GMT
References: <9087@tank.uchicago.edu> <1990May3.112707.4287@kth.se>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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In article <1990May3.112707.4287@kth.se> d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:

-Check for the system folder.
-Check for a folder named "Preferences" in the system folder.
-If there is no such folder, create it and create your empty "prefs" file.
-Otherwise, check in that folder for your "prefs" file.
-If there is none, create it, in the "Preferences" folder.

Would someone like to suggest a canonical STR resource number containing the
name 'Preferences' ?

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)