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- From: Alexander M. Rosenberg <alexr@apple.com>
- Subject: Re: WARNING: NetWare for the Mac may DAMAGE YOUR FILES
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.013452.2459@gallant.apple.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:34:52 GMT
- X-Xxdate: Thu, 21 Jan 93 01:35:14 GMT
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- References: <64sis-c@massey.ac.nz>
- Organization: Hackers Anonymous
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- In article <64sis-c@massey.ac.nz> Nigel Perry, N.Perry@massey.ac.nz writes:
- > NetWare changes a file in two ways when copied onto a NetWare volume:
- >
- > 1) The modified time of the file is truncated to an even number of
- > seconds.
- >
- > 2) The created time is set to (an even approximation of) the current
- > time, thus you get a file with a modifed time EARLIER than the
- > creation time (maybe as new releases of PC software come out PC users
- > are used to the sensation of time going backwards :-))
-
- This is why running the Apple Installer off a Netware server ("doing a network
- install") is not recommended. The Installer matches file versions using
- date/time.
-
- I think that Netware for the Mac is way overrated, especially since it is
- regularly voted number one by MacWorld readers (idiots?).
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