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Article #1209Re: StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 (SpaceSaver) trouble
From: Ronald Bruck
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 20:28
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 20:28
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In article <TWL.92Aug10160158@trane.cs.brown.edu> twl@cs.brown.edu (Ted "Theodore" W. Leung) writes: >I've had problems like this also. I think I've been able to trace the >source of one of my problems. SpaceSaver doesn't seem to like files >whose name begins with a '.'. Running with no extensions besides (Irrelevant stuff deleted) I believe that filenames which begin with a '.' are supposed to be reserved for drivers, and that disaster can occur if you "roll your own." For example, '.sony' is the floppy driver. Of is this out-of-date with System 7? --Ron Bruck bruck@mtha.usc.edu <-- You'd think the math department could learn to spell!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!news From: bruck@mathj.usc.edu (Ronald Bruck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 (SpaceSaver) trouble Date: 10 Aug 1992 13:28:41 -0700 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 16 Sender: bruck@mathj.usc.edu (Ronald Bruck) Message-ID: <l8dkbpINN5e8@mathj.usc.edu> References: <1992Aug8.021828.14534@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Aug8.022420.14535@husc3.harvard.edu> <TWL.92Aug10160158@trane.cs.brown.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mathj.usc.edu