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From: cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SingleShare/MPW bug???
Keywords: network
Message-ID: <352@three.MV.COM>
Date: 5 Jun 90 00:06:35 GMT
References: <1990May31.223436.9336@everexn.uucp>
Organization: Three Letter Co. Nashua, NH.
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dm@everexn.uucp (Dan McMullen) writes:

>we've been trying out the singleshare file server package that came thru
>comp.binaries.mac not too long ago, and have finally tracked down a fairly
>severe problem when saveing files in MPW while singleshare is running.  the'
>problem is that (sometimes?) file saves from MPW are ineffective: the file is
>NOT updated, though MPW seems to 'think' it is.  anyone else had this problem?

I have noticed a similar interaction between SS and MPW.  When SS was running
or had run, frequently, MPW tools/shellscripts couldn't seem to open 
the worksheet...

>also, as a novice user of file servers, is it normal not to see the icons from
>a remote hard drive?  no combinations of protections make this happen for us,
>though i can open the desktop file on the remote hard drive no problem.

This is a bug.

+C
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