klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn) (06/18/91)
Hello. From my impression, when you clicked on the title in a Get Info box and it showed you a cryptic/MS-DOS-ish "filename," it indeed was the way that the famed Desktop Manager stores the filename and keeps track of large libraries of files. The reason I have this impression is this feature is present in the 6.0.x "init" version of the desktop manager that comes with an AppleShare server. Since File Sharing is actually an AppleShare server in the background (don't quote me here, but it amazingly is...hehe...), it probably has something to do with desktop manager and AppleShare like the 6.0 stuff did. Am I right, Apple? Steve
jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) (06/18/91)
In article <15538@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn) writes: >From my impression, when you clicked on the title in a Get Info box >and it showed you a cryptic/MS-DOS-ish "filename," it indeed was the way that >the famed Desktop Manager stores the filename and keeps track of large >libraries of files. The reason I have this impression is this feature >is present in the 6.0.x "init" version of the desktop manager that comes with >an AppleShare server. It's got nothing to do with the Desktop Manager. What appears to be happening is that when you click on the filename, the Finder shows you the "MS-DOS version" of the file's name; that is, the way a person using Appleshare PC would see the name. The Fileshare software keeps track of both the "long" and the "short" names of files, with us lucky Mac users getting to use the long version. -- John Cavallino | EMail: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago Hospitals | USMail: 5841 S. Maryland Ave, Box 145 Office of Facilities Management | Chicago, IL 60637 B0 f++ c+ g+ k s+(+) e+ h- pv (qv) | Telephone: 312-702-6900