Re: Unsolved problem solved in mac os x

Next:  what if the file system operation is a copy paste cut - old
operation?   Sounds like we may be back to copying garbage collectors.
On Oct 5, 2014 6:00 PM, "John Carlson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> This Mac OSX feature sounds exactly what I am looking for.   Thanks!
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> From: "JD Paley" <[email protected]>
> Date: Oct 5, 2014 10:05 AM
> Subject: A response (post rejected by autom. list mgr)
> To: "John Carlson" <[email protected]>
> Cc:
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> Subject: Re: [fonc] Unsolved problem in computer science? Fixing shortcuts.
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> Thought this was solved with two-way binding - bidirectional links so that
> a pointer gets updated whenever the linked element moves.  Or as in OS X
> Finder's Aliases (vs Sym/Hard Links) keeping in the link file file both the
> higher- and lower-level addresses (the resource name and its inode number).
> When a followed Alias mismatches its target name, a search for the univocal
> inode gets triggered.
>
> JD Paley
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