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Article #16860Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file
From: Clith de T'nir a.k.a. Reid Ellis
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1987 21:59
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1987 21:59
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In article <6462@dartvax.UUCP> earleh@dartvax.UUCP writes:
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| ... Byte the bullet, programmers! Use PBOpen, PBRead, PBWrite, and
| the entire ensemble of IN ROM Macintosh file handling routines ...
| ... you don't have to
| obtain the pathname of the file, and you don't have to worry about what
| happens to your file connection when a disk gets ejected. Of course,
| this reduces "portability" but who are we kidding here?
Um, doesn't this ignore applications where a path is read from a text
file? [along the lines of a C compiler's "#include <a:long:path>"] What
then? Make the user memorize vRefNums of his folders? :-)
Reid
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"ZOT, YOU JERK!"
- Jenny
Reid Ellis, aka Clith de T'nir
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site unicus.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!yetti!unicus!rae From: rae@unicus.UUCP (Clith de T'nir a.k.a. Reid Ellis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file Message-ID: <665@unicus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 17:59:18 EDT Article-I.D.: unicus.665 Posted: Fri Jun 19 17:59:18 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 20:21:09 EDT References: <1345@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1007@apple.UUCP> <204@drilex.UUCP> <19339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <6462@dartvax.UUCP> Reply-To: rae@unicus.UUCP (Clith de T'nir a.k.a. Reid Ellis) Organization: Unicus Software Inc. Lines: 21 Keywords: path