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Re: Macintalk Answers...

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From: Joel West
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1987 18:37
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The System Folder works great, at least under HFS.

For compatibility with MFS, HFS includes the "poor man's search path".  If
the file isn't found in the current directory, the folder with Finder
and System will be searched.

This works fine for me for Macintalk, but ironically, seems to fail
sometimes with the Chooser.
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Subject: Re: Macintalk Answers...
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Date: Sun, 11-Jan-87 13:37:14 EST
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Summary: System Folder