Re: Copy and Replacing
Re: Copy and Replacing
- Subject: Re: Copy and Replacing
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 20:46:28 +1000
On 5/10/02 4:56 PM +1000, Paul Berkowitz, email@hidden, wrote:
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> As has noted, it is in the Finder dictionary. There was also a time
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> (System 7.5 I think, not sure how long it lasted) when it would act like
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> 'duplicate' under certain conditions. From memory, it would do so when
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> passed a Finder file ref, alias or FSS, but would otherwise behave in
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> the documented manner. Presumably done to help newbies.
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>
>
It hasn't for quite some time, at least since OS 8.5 , probably since 8.1.
I think one of the causes of confusion was that the Finder used to *record*
duplicating as copying; copy would turn up instead of duplicate in the
recorded script.
Not a problem any more...
--
Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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