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From: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
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Subject: Re: 6.0.7 bugs (eek eek!)
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Date: 13 Nov 90 01:44:54 GMT
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In article <ALAND.90Nov9151157@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) writes:
>In article <1T$^K8|@ads.com> jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson) writes:
>   >
>   >Well after using 6.0.7 for about an hour I see that I've already run into some problems/bugs.  Here's what I've found:
>   >
>   >1) Copy File is broken.  Put a floppy in the drive and try copying a
>   >file from your hard disk to the floppy.  Make sure that the file you
>   >are copying is LARGER than the capacity of the target floppy.
>   >Dragging the file to the floppy starts the copy and the system
>   >complains that the disk is full.  So far so good.  Click "Cancel."
>   >The copy is terminated but the files(s) on the floppy are removed!!!
>   >
>   >Previous versions of the system complained and canceld the copy but
>   >did NOT remove the target files unless there was clearly enough space.
>   >Now the files are removed whether or not the copy can be performed.
>   >
>   >This is clearly inexcusable.  If it isn't broken ... don't fix it.
>
>[Disclaimer: I could be wrong]
>
>What this person seems to be talking about is that in earlier Finders,
>if you drag THE CONTENTS OF A FLOPPY TO THE TRASH, but don't empty the
>trash, try to copy a file larger than the floppy to the disk, the
>finder wouldn't empty the trash on its own.  Now it does.

I tested for exactly this behavior on my machine (Mac II, 6.0.7, MF
6.1b9), and what you describe did not happen.  Using an 800K disk,
with 626K of stuff on it (which I had dropped into the trash), I tried
to copy PixelPaint Professional onto it (1200K).  The Finder protested
as usual, but the items on the floppy were still in the trash can.


>Alan D. Danziger,           | 753 South St,Waltham MA 02154 | No Jacket

David Walton

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