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From: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek)
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Subject: Re: Undeletable file
Keywords: pascal
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Date: 7 Mar 90 14:15:06 GMT
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In article <1511@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM> andyp@gvgpvd.GVG.TEK.COM (Andy Peterman) writes:
 
>He said that under System 6.0.4, there was a bug in the file manager
>that would do strange things (like corrupting or destroying files) if
>there was a file with an apostrophe in it.  I then went back to MPW 3.0
>and System 6.0.3 (paranoia!!) and have since had no problems.   
...
>	Andy Peterman


Aha.  I've been using System 6.0.4 for about two weeks now.  Just
recently we created a file named "Beth's star distances".  I believe
the file was created by MacWrite 4.5.

When we displayed the files "By Kind," the type of this file showed up
as "document"; however, the TYPE of OTHER MacWrite documents showed up
as "Beth's star distances".

Rebuilding the desktop restored things to normal (I hope).  So now I
have a possible explanation.

Are you listening, Apple?

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