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In article <714790816.F00001@blkcat.UUCP> Rick.Zeman@p943.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Zeman) writes:
>On 8/25/92@6:43:48 PM, leonardr said regarding 'StuffIt Converter (was Re: More
>SpaceSaver) ': 
>
> [ stuff about a Get Info from the Finder decmopressing SpaceSaver files ]
>  
>  lr> 	Yeah, blame the Finder.  The Finder opens a file (actually
>  lr> it 
>  lr> opens it twice!) in order to get all the "info" that it displays in
>  lr> the 
>  lr> "Get Info" window.  Since SpaceSaver decompress files when they are
>  lr> opened, 
>  lr> we decompress them here too.  We are looking into ways to "determine"
>  lr> that 
>  lr> the open is really for a "Get Info " and avoid the decompression, and
>  lr> also
>  lr> give more info in the Get Info dialog.
>  lr> 
>
>      I presume then that Aladdin is aware that in the Finder (viewing by name)
>that listing a directory by clicking on the triangle causes all of the files
>within that folder to be decompressed.  I presume that that's because of the
>need to get the icons out of the rforks.  Still not cool, though.
>
	This wll ONLY happen for folders containing files with custom icons.
It will NOT happen for normal files, nor for folders w/custom icons!  

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