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From: Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: An idea for an extension
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Date: 13 Jun 91 06:15:00 GMT
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Juha.Hyvonen@hut.fi (Juha Hyv|nen) writes:
 
JH> Does this work:
JH> 
JH> 1) delete MSWord 4.0
JH> 2) move MSWord 5.0 where v4.0 was
JH> 3) rename MSWord 5.0 to MSWord 4.0
JH> 	since aliases are (?) "soft links"
JH> 	they should now point to the renamed file, shouldn't they
JH> 4) rename it back to MSWord 5.0
JH> 	since aliases are not really (?) "soft links"
JH> 	they should still point to the file, shouldn't they
JH> 5) move it anywhere you want
JH> 	the aliases should still point to the file, shouldn't they
 
      It will work if you launch each alias while the pseudo-"MSWord 4" is
still in the old folder. When you launch each alias, it will figure out that
the old app is gone, and the new app is there, and adjust itself.

      After that, you could move the pseudo-"MSWord" all over the place.


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