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From: cam2@ur-tut.UUCP (Craig McGowan)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: little-known finder feature
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 21:55:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 21:55:00 1985
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Tonight I discovered a feature of the Finder that is quite useful, and as far
as I know, undocumented.  (I have never read the finder doc, so correct me if
I'm wrong on this).

If you have a file that the Finder thinks is in use, or is locked, you can
delete it by dragging it into the trash while holding down the option key.

I often write programs that create files, but forget to close the file, and
then I must reboot or use fedit to change the appropriate bit.  Also, when
dragging a large number of locked files into the trash, it is easier than 
"getting info" on each file to change the locked switch.

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Craig McGowan
University of Rochester
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