Re: Why can't the Finder show folder sizes? (summary & rejoinder)

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From: T.W."Tim" Smith, Knowledgian
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1988 20:41

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matthews@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Dave Matthews) writes:
< *Why* doesn't the Finder maintain a data structure with all the information 
< about folder sizes?  Naively, it seems like all that would be needed is a 

How is the Finder supposed to know what files I have modified?
-- 
Tim Smith				tim@ism780c.isc.com
"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the
                       kind of person I'm preaching to" -- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

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From: tim@ism780c.isc.com (T.W."Tim" Smith, Knowledgian)
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Subject: Re: Why can't the Finder show folder sizes? (summary & rejoinder)
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Date: 21 Jun 88 20:41:51 GMT
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