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From: drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Aliases in Extensions folder
Message-ID: <12159@claris.com>
Date: 3 Jun 91 13:22:22 GMT
References: <1991Jun1.202017.28484@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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dcw@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (David C. Worenklein) writes:

>I tried placing an alias of an init in the extensions folder, but the system
>didn't seem to recognize it. Should this work? What I want to do is have my
>old 6.0.5 folder buried somewhere, and alias inits and cdevs into my 7.0 folder
>The cdev aliases work, but the init aliases don't.

The cdev aliases will work to the extent that they will open the cdev when
you double-click the alias; however, if they have an INIT component, that won't
be run at boot time.  The alias manager is not resident at boot time.

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