Re: .info files. what are they?

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From: John Verhoeven
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:20

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In article dated 28 Mar 96 22:14:32 +0000, Adam Atkinson (ghira@mistral.co.uk) wrote:
> I keep finding files called only ".info" in oldish archives. What are/were
> they for? 

They were used to store a list of files with icons in a directory for use
by Workbench when you opened the drawer.  They went out with V2 and higher
and you may delete them.

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