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Article #16977Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file
From: Dave W. Berry
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1987 20:44
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1987 20:44
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In article <665@unicus.UUCP> rae@unicus.UUCP (Clith de T'nir a.k.a. Reid Ellis) writes: >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? :-) Rather difficult, since vRefNums are dynamically assigned as directories get opened. And the correct thing to do is for the compiler to implement search paths so you don't have to give long full path names. What happens if you rename the disk, or copy the whole structure to hard disk? > > Reid -- David W. Berry dwb@well.uucp dwb@Delphi dwb@apple.com 293-0752@408.MaBell
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!think!ames!oliveb!pyramid!voder!apple!dwb From: dwb@apple.UUCP (Dave W. Berry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file Message-ID: <1127@apple.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 16:44:44 EDT Article-I.D.: apple.1127 Posted: Mon Jun 22 16:44:44 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 06:42:05 EDT References: <1345@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1007@apple.UUCP> Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 15 Keywords: path