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Subject: Re: How to clean up an HD20 desktop
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 13:21:30 EST
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Seems to me that it is time that Apple stored the INFO string with the
file, rather than on the desktop. It could be easily done as an INFO
string in the resource fork of the file, or in the file header. But that
information, like the lock bit, should be considered a permanent part of
the file, not something that can be trashed at the Finder's whim.

Often I use the INFO string as an extended explanation of the file,
something too long to put in the file name. It is useless if it can get
lost, and likewise if INFO's for distinct files can collide.

Amen,
scott