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From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 5.0.4 (really Re: Finder)
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Date: 8 Mar 91 02:07:12 GMT
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In article <566@generic.UUCP> taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao) writes:
>    Pre-System 7.0 Macs store the Info comments in the invisible Desktop file.
> System 7.0 is supposed to do away with the Desktop file, so maybe it does
>open a new resource and put the comment there.  File comments could be stored
>in the Finder.Data file, but moving and copying files around wouldn't
>automatically move the comments with the files.

I guess you're right... I was probably thinking of the version
resource that's also displayed in the Get Info box...

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