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Subject: Re: MacTerminal
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 05:55:57 EST
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From: decvax!dartvax![email protected] (Carl Spitzer)
I refer you to Inside Mac, File Manager p. 10:

>Your application can lock a file to prevent unauthorized writing to it.
>Locking the file insures that none of the information can be changed ***
>Currently, the Finder won't let you rename or delete a locked file, but
>it will let you change the data the file contains ***.

This means (I assume, since they refer to the Finder but not OS File Manager
routines) that MacTerminal can change any locked file with abandon. So much
for the power of the software lock!

Cheers,
Carl Spitzer