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Re: 'path to cleanup at startup folder'
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Re: 'path to cleanup at startup folder'


  • Subject: Re: 'path to cleanup at startup folder'
  • From: Kai Edwards <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:50:35 +0100

> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 08:47:51 -0800
> To: email@hidden
> From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: 'path to cleanup at startup folder'

(snip)

>> Most useful was from Chris 'Chris' Nebel who says
>>
>>> I believe you want 'path to "flnt"'
>>
>> ...and sure enough, this *is* what I want. And, Chris? Presumably "flnt"
>> is OS language-independent?
>
> I tested with Mac OS 9.1...it works there. [I did my regular Sunday
> restart on Saturday, to test.] I can't safely go any farther back (I do
> have 8.6 on a Jaz cartridge: I've become afraid to run it, although it
> should be fine).

(snip)

> I don't think it's OS-independent: you should test with the oldest OS you
> are supporting with your scripts. You may find you have to move forward
> some. The fact that there isn't terminology for the folder in the path to
> Addition is suggestive that it is recent (it may also mean Apple simply
> wants to keep it hidden, or wants to avoid a backward compatibility
> problem).

FWIW, I went back to 8.1 (AS B1-1.1.2) - and it works there, too.

Kai

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