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- From: rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
- Subject: Re: Installing MAC-SW on a server
- Message-ID: <rtmd30-301292232456@220.1.50.175>
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- Organization: Motorola
- References: <1992Dec30.163458.23838@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:24:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.163458.23838@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>,
- GOLD@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Gold Michael) wrote:
- >
- [stuff deleted]
- > What I am thinking of is a kind of launching program, which, when called,
- > checks all existing versions of a program on the fileserver weather it is
- > already in use (e.g. by supressing the error message and evaluating some
- > kind of return code) and then ending in starting the application program or
- > in giving a message (e.g. which user(s) are working with that program).
-
- Sassafras Software makes a program called KeyServer. It's been rated well
- and is in use at many universities. I think that Apple uses it in their
- software library. You can probably find the address in a MacUser in the
- MiniFinder section or in RedGate on AppleLink.
-
-
- Greg Ferguson
- Programmer/Engineer
- Desktop Networking System
- SPS, World Marketing
- Motorola, Inc.
-