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From: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Alias resolution: right or wrong?
Message-ID: <48263@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 30 May 91 14:16:47 GMT
References: <1991May29.202307.3024@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <1991May29.202307.3024@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Eric.J.Baumgartner@dartmouth.edu (Eric J. Baumgartner) writes:
: You make the call.
: 
: I had a file, call it Foo, in folder Bar.  I made an alias of Foo
: called Foo.alias.  Then I wanted to back up Foo, so I dragged Foo from
: Bar into a folder called Bar.Backup.  Yup, forgot to hold down the
: option key... damn!  So now Foo is in Bar.Backup.  OK, no problem.  I
: option-drag Foo back into Bar.  So now: original Foo is in Bar.Backup,
: copy of Foo (also called Foo) is in Bar.
: 
: OK, time to panic... almost forgot about the alias!!  I get info on
: Foo.alias, ask it to find the original file, and it pulls up... the
: copy of Foo in folder Bar!
: 
: Well, I guess this was what I wanted (it corrected my mistake :-), but
: I don't think this is right.  What do you all think?

This behavior seems ok, but the real issue is what happens if
you do this:

create Foo in folder Bar
create Foo.alias
move (not copy) Foo into folder Bar.Backup

Now where does Foo.alias point?  If it still points to Bar,
that would be bad.
Since I haven't upgraded to Sys7 yet, I ask the question.



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