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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Public Folder and hierarchy
Keywords: folders, public folder, traverse
Message-ID: <10752@claris.com>
Date: 14 Dec 89 19:20:31 GMT
References: <63413@aerospace.AERO.ORG>
Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <63413@aerospace.AERO.ORG> louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) writes:
>I finally got around to installing public folder and I really like it.
>The question I have is:
>
>	is there any way to open a folder in the Public Folder so
>	I can copy selective files in that folder?

The current release of Public Folder does not allow you to "look into"
subfolders.  All it tells you is how many files and how many megabytes
are in there.

There is a work around for some people who need this capability.  You can
have multiple Public Folders running on a machine.  You can customize them
to point at various directories.  So you could set up something like this...

  Public Folder #1 points at HD80:Public:
  Public Folder #2 points at HD80:Public:Graphic files:
  Public Folder #3 points at HD80:Public:Font Library:
  Public Folder #4 points at HD80:Public:Font Library:Bitmaps:
  Public Folder #5 points at HD80:Public:Tech Notes:

You get the idea.  This works, but may not solve you particular problem.

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