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From: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: altering init loading order in 7.0
Message-ID: <3917@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 13 May 91 22:40:32 GMT
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References: <4795@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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In article <4795@ryn.mro4.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:

>What happens if an INIT with a cdev interface is aliased to both the System
> folder and the Control Panels folder, as must be done with some current
> items. Is the INIT code loaded twice?

In my experience, an alias does not load the original, so the cdev will not
load at startup at all (I verified this with SoundMaster) if it is aliased
in both locations.  I've had no problems putting SoundMaster in the
Extensions folder and then aliasing it from the Control Panels folder.

         ---------   Doc


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