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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Reordering GS/OS directories
Message-ID: <14956@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 24 Jan 91 00:15:05 GMT
References: <1991Jan20.123020.26408@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> <14925@smoke.brl.mil> <1991Jan23.051226.28901@ee.ualberta.ca>
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In article <1991Jan23.051226.28901@ee.ualberta.ca> jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner) writes:
>The problem with copying files is that if you have lots (>100) files,it
>is going to take over a minutes if you need a bunch of things in specific
>orders.

I suggested MOVING the files, not COPYING them.  Using the Finder, this
is a trivial operation that doesn't take very long even for dozens of files.
The time you have to take to specify the desired ordering when you restore
the files to the original directory will be similar no matter what approach
you use.

I've actually done this myself; it really is not very much of a hassle.