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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Subject: Re: An idea for an extension
Message-ID: <1991Jun4.170127.9890@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 17:01:27 GMT
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In article <1991Jun4.163202.7765@neon.Stanford.EDU>, philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU
I wrote:
|> I think it would be really useful if you could search for aliases
|> using the Finder's Find command. It would also be useful if list
|> views could show the owner, and sort by owner. I think these are
|> more generally useful featues, and could be used to do what the
|> MacUser article wants.

A few minuites later, John Gibson <gibson@silvertone.princeton.edu>
sent me mail:
> Find DOES let you look for aliases. With "Kind" in the left popup, look
> at the right-most popup. It lists "alias, application, document, folder,
> stationery."
I checked this out without delay - using the All At Once feature,
you can find all the aliases on any or all of your disks.
All that's missing is a way of sorting out the aliases that
have lost their owners.
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu