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Re: Moving files by moving small icon.

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In article <bqoh7rF5256U2@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> > Edit image in Photoshop (launched from Bridge).
> > Rename file in Bridge.
> > Save file in Photoshop (which still thinks of the old name).  The saved
> > file goes to the new filename.  (likely due to inode cached in the app
> > and the open to write goes to the numbered file instead of by filename)
> 
> Correct. Typical Mac apps use aliases to reference files. Aliases
> utilize inodes.

not while open, they don't. apps sometimes use aliases to track closed
files though, but bookmarks is the new preferred way.

aliases can use inodes but not always. they use a combination of
things, including the full path, a persistent id (which can be but
isn't necessarily an inode) and other information to locate a file,
including on unmounted volumes. an alias file also has an icns and an
alis resource in the resource fork.

what he's talking about is changing the name of an open file, which
isn't normally an issue unless the app is poorly written (some do
exist). some apps even detect the name change and update the title bar
with the new name immediately (e.g., preview). however, photoshop
updates it the next time the document is saved.

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Moving files by moving small icon. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-10 04:06 +1000
  Re: Moving files by moving small icon. J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-09 15:34 -0400
    Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-09 20:20 +0000
      Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-09 21:02 -0400
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-10 01:53 +0000
      Re: Moving files by moving small icon. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-10 12:06 +1000
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-10 00:30 -0400
          Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-10 21:36 +0000
            Re: Moving files by moving small icon. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-10 18:43 -0400
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-10 07:59 -0400
    Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-10 17:03 +1200
      Re: Moving files by moving small icon. billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-10 06:17 +0000
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-10 18:35 +1200
          Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-16 13:21 +0000
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-10 18:01 +1000
          Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:13 -0400
      Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:05 -0400
  Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-09 21:01 -0400
    Re: Moving files by moving small icon. J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-10 09:17 -0400
      Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:14 -0400
      Re: Moving files by moving small icon. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-11 08:35 +1000
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-11 08:38 +1000
          Re: Moving files by moving small icon. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-04-10 18:42 -0400
            Re: Moving files by moving small icon. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-04-11 10:18 +1000
        Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-04-16 13:20 +0000
  Re: Moving files by moving small icon. Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-10 19:55 +0200
    Re: Moving files by moving small icon. J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-10 15:08 -0400

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