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From: liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts;)
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Subject: Re: Desktop info lost after a 'soft' crash
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Date: 12 Feb 91 20:51:17 GMT
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The .desk/* files are ASCII text and human readable (sort of) - just look at 
one and you'll get the idea.

The Desktop D? files are associated with the Desktop Manager (according to the 
/FILES summary of the A/UX 2.0 distribution) and hold details like the icons 
associated with files and the whereabouts of the applications associated with 
particular document types.

The .fs_* files are something different again, presumably part of the 
emulation which makes the UNIX filestore useable by the Finder etc - 
.fs_dirIDs is clearly human readable....
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