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From: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Backing up aliases
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Date: 13 Jun 91 00:57:43 GMT
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In article <1402@ssdintel.isc.intel.com> davidl@iSC.intel.com (David Levine) writes:

>Is it possible to back up and restore a disk containing aliases using a 
>backup program that was not written with System 7 in mind?
>
>If not, which backup programs are currently capable of backing up aliases?
>
>If so, how on Earth is that possible?

My version of Redux by Microseeds Publishing (1.63) is pre-System 7 (dated
October 9, 1990) and it has no problem with backing up aliases.  It, I
believe, treats them like generic documents (probably like < 7.0 systems
treats them).  Once restored, System 7 recognizes them as aliases again.

In fact, I'd be wary of backup programs that COULDN'T handle aliases.  I'm
not one to trust important data to badly written programs . . .

         ---------   Doc


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