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From: betsy@vesuvius.esd.sgi.com (Betsy Zeller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Workspace directory rule override secret
Message-ID: <63078@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 28 Jun 90 21:28:13 GMT
References: <9006272237.AA13102@mcirps2.med.nyu.edu>
Sender: betsy@vesuvius.esd.sgi.com
Reply-To: betsy@vesuvius.UUCP (Betsy Zeller)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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In article <9006272237.AA13102@mcirps2.med.nyu.edu> root@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU writes:
>The secret to bypassing the default behavior for directories is to use the
>SPECIALTYPE rule.  I played around with the dumpster rule and learned this the
>hard way.
>
    >Betsy told me not
    >to use SUPERTYPE, but I did not understand what she had written. I wish she
    >told me to use SPECIALFILE. That solved all problems!!

I am sorry I did not express myself clearly enough. It didn't occur to me that
by recommending the removal of one line (SUPERTYPE), I was inadvertantly 
recommending the removal of other lines, such as SPECIALTYPE. Sorry about that.

Betsy Zeller
betsy@sgi.com