Re: What's in the Desktop file in /Icons?

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Peter F Handel <handel@stolaf.edu> writes...

>Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>:    The desktop file is built by the Finder, containing icons,
>: application paths, window size and position info, etc about files on
>: the drive.
> 
>I thought that window size and position was stored in Finder.Data files?
>If the desktop does hold that info, it'd explain why it'd get so large
>so quick.

    Well, the Finder still creates and updates 'Finder.Data' files.
In fact, looking at the '/Incoming' directory on my hardrive, there is
such a file there now, with a modification date of December 18, 1996
(yesterday, when I told to Finder to save the new position of icons 
after I moved them around). I know if I delete this file, the window
size, icon's position and color info will be lost.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca