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- From: matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik)
- Subject: Re: What is .info?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.074335.17740@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Summary: .info needed for organisation of icons
- Keywords: .info, icons
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- Organization: Informatik Club d. Universitaet, Zuerich
- References: <1993Jan6.181324.2733@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 07:43:35 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.181324.2733@netcom.com> fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
- >I know that a file named xxx.info is an icon for file xxx, and that a
- >file named disk.info in the root directory is a disk icon, but...
- >What does a file called simply ".info" contain? Where did it come from,
- >and why is it there? What happens if I get rid of it?
-
- Under 1.x the .info file is created in every directory. This file contatins
- informations for displaying icons in the directory(drawer). This was meant to
- speed up the display of icons when the drawer is opened.
- Each time you delete or insert a new icon the .info file will be recreated.
- If you delete .info workbench will sense it and rebuild it.
-
- How to get rid of it? Easy: Upgrade to 2.x or greater :-)
- The new operating system doesnt build .info files anymore.
-
- Bye
- Matija
- >#ifdef TRUE | Fuzzy Fox fuzzy@netcom.com
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- Best regards from Matija Milostinik : matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch
- : matija@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
- Therefore, use local labels in the procedures as often as possible.
- Save the environment! Recycle! ;-) (Bjoern Reese)
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