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Subject: AppleVolumes.system vs. AppleVolumes.default
William R. Dickson <[email protected]> asks:
>Does the AppleVolumes.default file really have any function? When I
>remove it, my home directory still shows up in the chooser, whether I have
>a $HOME/.AppleVolumes file or not. And when I add pathnames to it, no
>additional volumes show up in the chooser. I have to add those to the
>AppleVolumes.system file.
>
>Is there any reason I shouldn't delete AppleVolumes.default?
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>- -Bill
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Bill --
- AppleVolumes.system affects every user,
- $HOME/AppleVolumes (or $HOME/.AppleVolumes) affects the user whose
home it's in,
- and AppleVolumes.default is used in place of $HOME/[.]AppleVolumes
for anyone who doesn't have one.
Thus, for example, you could make AppleVolumes.system contain
/usr/local/macapps "Shared Applications"
..and AppleVolumes.default could contain
~/ "My Home Directory"
This way, any user on the system will see the Shared Applications drive,
and they will also see their home directory unless they customize it
away by creating a $HOME/[.]AppleVolumes file -- if they do that, then
they'll still see the Shared Applications, but the contents of their own
personal AppleVolumes file will override AppleVolumes.default.
The system makes it easy for you to set it up in a way that works for
all your users, but still lets them customize their own setups if they
so choose.
I hope this explanation is both helpful and accurate! :)
-- Mark
Mark Tomory
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI, USA
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