Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!

[gsigman1@ohiou.edu (Greg Sigman)]

In article <stevehix-1704981614270001@ip45.safemail.com>,
stevehix@safemail.com (Steve Hix) wrote:

> In article <3537a7e7.25531117@news.cs.ohiou.edu>, gsigman1@ohiou.edu (Greg
> Sigman) wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:56:07 -0400, (Jerry Kindall) wrote:
> 
> > >MacOS doesn't need to "fix" the shortcuts (aliases) because they don't get
> > >broken in the first place.
> 
> > Try moving the file to a different drive or partition.
> 
> That results in the original file being removed after the
> copy goes to the other volume. Same result as if you'd
> deleted the original file after making a copy of it on the
> same volume.

Yep. And it still breaks the alias; MacOS has no real way to move a file
to another drive or partition other than copy & delete the original, which
breaks all aliases. This is a shortcoming of the OS.

Greg