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From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 and the auto folder
Message-ID: <4138@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 90 14:58:59 GMT
References: <1990Jul30.163325.16777@cbnewsm.att.com> <1990Aug4.035623.27770@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu> <11293@chaph.usc.edu>
Reply-To: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Organization: Integrated Healthcare Technologies, Inc.
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In article <11293@chaph.usc.edu> baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:
 >In article <1990Aug4.035623.27770@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu> vanleeuw@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu (James Van Leeuwen) writes:
 >>accelerator, and a few others.  I'm going to send a nice little program
 >>that allows for moving (as opposed to copying) files with the right button
 >>to comp.binaries.atari.st tonight.  It'll show up in a while.  
 >   As I understand it, when you move a file, you are actually copying the file
 >and then deleting the original (if this is wrong, PLEASE correct this).  

When you are moving a file to someplace else ON THE SAME PARTITION, you just
have to change directory information, you don't have to read the file at all.

 >it be possible to make a patch that just changes the directory path of the file
 >when moving it, 
 > [reasons for having a "smart" move deleted]
 >    So is it possible, or would the change have to come with TOS1.8 (TOS18?)?

Yes it's possible. It's also a standard feature of TOS 1.4, just hold the
CONTROL key down when you drag the file someplace.  The mentioned "nice little
program" is only of use to those that have TOS < 1.4.

---jb

 >>
 >>Jim 
 >>-- 
 >>"We didn't start the fire,   /   ___/_                        Jim Van Leeuwen 
 >>it was always burning      /   /  /  \               The University of Dayton 
 >>since the world's been    /___/__/   /  UUCP: vanleeuw@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu
 >>turning..."  --Billy Joel    /______/                             GEnie: JVAN
 >
 >-Mike