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From: cgeiger@ut-emx.UUCP (charles s. geiger, esq.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!  HELP! ETC!
Message-ID: <1349@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 88 18:43:01 GMT
References: <1315@ut-emx.UUCP> <7768@apple.Apple.Com>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Keywords: SFScrollinit

In article <7768@apple.Apple.Com>, lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
> In article <1315@ut-emx.UUCP> cgeiger@ut-emx.UUCP (charles s. geiger, esq.) writes:
> >Today I downloaded the new SFScrollinit which was posted here a
> >couple of days ago.  I went to take the old one out of my system
> >folder (to save it in case the new one didn't work right), and IT
> >WASN'T THERE!  I'm totally confused, because my machine still works
> 
> What program did you use for the downloading?  It is possible that
> it has a bug.  The problem is that for certain file system calls, the
> File Manager will look in the System Folder if a given file can't be
> found.
> 
> So if a downloading program deletes the file being downloaded first
> (in case it already exists), then it is possible that it will delete
> a file with the same name from the System folder by mistake.

Yes, I figured out that this is what happened.  I rebooted the
machine, and low and behold SFScrollinit didn't work anymore (I
hadn't put the new one in my Sys Folder yet). BTW, I used MacKermit
to download.

I guess the lesson to be learned here is to change the name of the
init before downloading.  It does suck, though.

cheers, from
charles s. geiger
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