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Re: .info files. what are they?

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From: Adam Atkinson
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 09:05
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On 31-Mar-96 00:13:16, Jonas Thorell said:
>>I keep finding files called only ".info" in oldish archives. What are/were
>>they for?

>Workbench uses these files to determine where the window for that particular
>drawer's going to be opened.

Does it STILL use them? Most of my drawers don't contain a ".info". I
imaged the window position would be stored in drawer.info rather than
drawer/.info

Adam Atkinson - ghira@mistral.co.uk / etlaman@etlxdmx.ericsson.se
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