Re: [MacPerl] Installing on Users' Macs

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 01.03 -0500 1998.12.03, Shin Yamamoto wrote:
>I have to object an idea regarding invisible files. A locked attribute is OK
>as far as they can be seen their presence. But invisible and locked files,
>no. Again, as a user, it's a kind of invasion of privacy. Maybe a bit
>exaggerated, but isn't it a unix administrator's ethics that just because a
>root user can see/do anything doesn't mean s/he is allowed to do anything
>without notifying users. Same thing here. Besides, invisible files on a Mac
>need special tools to be found, as oppose to a leading dot on a unix system
>that can be easily seen if a user knows how to use ls. Please don't even
>think about this. Macs are supposed to be user friendly, so are the
>administrators, aren't they?

I think that your feelings and opinions are valid on this matter, but
different folks want to do things different ways.  If a MacPerl
programmer/Mac admin wants to use MacPerl to do stuff on a user's computer,
and they need to hide MacPerl from the user so the user does not delete it
or break it, then I want to help find a solution.  If that solution is
making things invisible, then so be it.

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