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#How do MakeLink work

    07-Dec-91 19:58:39
Fm: allan 70250,165
To: John Pendergrass 76246,676
John, What I was trying to do was NOT TO MODIFY the icon. And MAKELINK for me is the answer. Have you read the docs on makelink? Do you read answer sent by Don Curtis? Well where is his answer anyway. " Allan, All files are essentially linked files. That is, each file has a header that points to where the actual file data is. MakeLink adds a 2nd header that also points to the same file, but it also increases the linkcount of the file. When you remove one of the linked file, all that's really done is removal of the one header and a decrement of the link count. The other header is still there, still pointing to the same data. " Allan Baer ( Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. )