Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!uokmax!rob From: rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 Upgrades Message-ID: <1991May15.115247.25937@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Date: 15 May 91 11:52:47 GMT References: <52814@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 19 In article francis@arthur.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: >In article <52814@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes: > >>The System 7 Finder offers users a new capability known as aliases. Aliases >>allow all Macintosh users to organize their system the way they prefer and puts >>information just a double-click away. An alias, usually about 2K in size, of > >*WHY* does it take so much space? A short test showed aliases are under 1K (usually?), but it's going take up at least one block no matter what. 2K is probably typical allocation block size, unless you've got a small hard drive. It appears to store considerably more than just the pathname of the destination, since it can automatically find the linked-to file if its moved (and rather quickly too.) Robert -- Robert K. Shull rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu chinet!uokmax!rob