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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Is Preferences Folder in PMSP?
Message-ID: <53969@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 91 21:19:31 GMT
References: <91164.000311CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <91164.000311CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes:
>
>  In System 7, does the "Poor Man's Search Path" still exist, and if so, does
>it include the Preferences folder (and if so, where in the order)?
>

Yes, the PMSP is still supported. No, it doesn't include the
Preferences Folder.  Remember, the PMSP was implemented to support old
pre-HFS applications that expected to find system resources without
having to look in the system folder (there wasn't really a system
folder back then) or at the root level. None of these applications ever
expected a Preferences folder, so there's no reason to put that folder
in the PMSP.

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