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From: djlinse@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Dennis Linse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: DeskCheck and LaserWriter (was Re: Problem copying files ...)
Summary: Thanks for the pointer and Why the warning on LaserWriter.
Keywords: DeskCheck, LaserWriter FREF
Message-ID: <3625@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 12 Sep 88 21:37:25 GMT
Reply-To: djlinse@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Dennis Linse)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <27609@think.UUCP> ephraim@vidar.think.com.UUCP (ephraim vishniac) writes:
[ irrelevant (for this article) discussion deleted ]
>
>2.  You've got some files with bogus bundles that screw the finder.
>Old finders were sitting ducks for this; newer ones are better but far
>from perfect.  To check for this, get a copy of my program "DeskCheck"
>(might already be in the PD stuff on your Jasmine) and use it to
>survey your disk.  DeskCheck is available via anonymous ftp in the
>info-mac directory on sumex-aim among other places.  Write me if you
>can't ftp or can't find it.
>
>Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
>Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214

This sounded interesting, so I pulled DeskCheck off of MACSERVE@PUCC
(it's just a little closer for me :-) and ran in on our Mac II.  It
worked like a champ and pointed out quite a few little problems that I
was able to clean up quickly with ResEdit and ResTools.  Thanks for this
nice program!

I might point out that it was able to solve my missing application icon
problem of about a month ago.  It turns out that ImageTools from NCSA
didn't have the bundle bit set, and SendPS from Adobe had a little
problem with both looking for a non-existant ICN# and an incorrect
signature resource.

Now, a question.

1.  Why does the LaserWriter file give an error when run through
DeskCheck?  It says that BNDL resource 128 refers to FREF resources
-8185 and -8186 which do not exist.  I checked our working copy and the
copy on the System 6.0 distribution disk (I had to break the seal on our
copy to check, so I know I didn't do anything.) and both gave the same
thing.

Thanks,

Dennis
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