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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
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Subject: Re: How to use "Public Folder"
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Date: 3 Mar 91 16:37:15 GMT
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In article <1991Mar3.081943.1436@midway.uchicago.edu>, nwc1@quads.uchicago.edu (einsturzende neubaten) writes:
> This is not necessarily true: You can specify the location of YOUR public
> folder under the "customize" command. True, the Default location is on
> toplevel, but this is not always the case.

This is true, and it's worth checking in the customize dialog to see
what it is set at.  The "Use Default" button will change it back to
:Public: if someone in the past has changed it.

Not only will this feature allow one to assign other folders to be the
public folder, but it allows you to set up more than one public folder
on your machine.  Make duplicate PF files in your system folder and
use the Customize button to change which folder they point to and
the name they use.  This allows you to set up folders such as "Michael's
favorite Desk Picts", "Michael's favorite SND's", and "Latest beta
of SuperWrite".  You get the idea.  (The names do have to less than
32 character in length).

One other thing, you can sometimes get the public folder to reside
on other than the boot disk - if that disk is mounted by the time
PF runs.

-- michael

P.S.  I apologize for using the clutzy path name to specify the location
of the public folder (":Public:"), it was always my intention to make
this use Std file in the next rev, but alas,this will never be...


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