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Re: Tracking files the right way
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Re: Tracking files the right way


  • Subject: Re: Tracking files the right way
  • From: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:42:05 -0700

On Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 06:22 PM, Mike Shields wrote:

The only argument I've heard for using paths over aliases is that someone wants to be able to trick an app into creating a new file by moving the file being edited from underneath the app. Lame reason > IMHO.

A better reason, IMHO, is that someone might want to replace an app and let the dock still be able to find it, even if it has a new inode. If I drag OmniWeb to the trash because I went and downloaded the latest version, it would be nice if my internet prefs could find it just because I put the new version at the same path.

-jcr

John C. Randolph <email@hidden> (408) 974-8819
Sr. Cocoa Software Engineer,
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
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