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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Alias resolution: right or wrong?
Message-ID: <13852@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 91 19:39:50 GMT
References: <1991May29.202307.3024@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <48263@bcsaic.UUCP> <1991May31.170319.1179@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1991May31.170319.1179@neon.Stanford.EDU> philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes:
>In article <48263@bcsaic.UUCP>, lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum) writes:
>|> In article <1991May29.202307.3024@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Eric.J.Baumgartner@dartmouth.edu (Eric J. Baumgartner) writes:

[steps involving foos, bars, and aliases]

I couldn't find the original article by Eric, but I tried the steps quoted
in the follow ups and it didn't behave the same way.  The alias always found
the same physical file, regardless of where it was.

>to Bar and try it again. Now it does find it - even if the "backup"
>copy has been changed. It seems the name is good enough. Can anyone
>explain the semantics of this and why it isn't going to land someone

I think if the original file has been deleted, the next step is to look for
something in the original place with the same name.

-- 
Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.

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