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Article #4693Re: Getting more space on Sonata.
From: Garance A. Drosehn
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:55
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:55
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sowa@amdew.llnl.gov (Erik C. Sowa) writes:
> Toby Paterson <paterson@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca> writes:
> Toby> That's not the way it works. When you double click on the
> Toby> package, it opens up in Installer. One of the options
> Toby> available there is to list the contents of the package.
>
> Listing the files' names is useful but names are not the only
> thing one might wish to examine before installing.
What else would you want to see?
Does the Preference setting (in the installer) of:
When listing a package, show:
( ) File names only
(x) File names and other information
Give you want you want?
(I'm not being argumentative here, I just wondered if you knew about that
preference, and if that preference gives you the kind of added information
that you'd be interested in seeing).
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Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
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