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Article #21002Re: Suitcase Info, Please!!
From: David W. Berry
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1987 18:53
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1987 18:53
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In article <770@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> jonesg@pc.ecn.purdue.edu (Glynda Jones) writes: >On Page 111 of November's MacUser, the author makes a reference to >the fact that the Mac opens files in a very strict and known order. >Could someone expand on this order, based on the manual's chitchat >on HFS and perhaps some experience with the Suitcase package. We Umm... It certainly does open files in a very strict and known order, whatever order the program asks it to. In the case of Suitcase and INIT's and a few other things where the program opens every file of a given type in a given folder it is done by scanning the directory (using indexed file operations). Since the directory is guaranteed to be sorted alphabetically, Suitcase will open it's files alphabetically, INIT's get loaded alphabetically (by file name, not INIT name, which may be different), etc. -- David W. Berry dwb@well.uucp dwb@Delphi dwb@apple.com 973-5168@408.MaBell Disclaimer: Apple doesn't even know I have an opinion and certainly wouldn't want if they did.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!pyramid!voder!apple!dwb From: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Suitcase Info, Please!! Message-ID: <6584@apple.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 13:53:47 EST Article-I.D.: apple.6584 Posted: Fri Oct 30 13:53:47 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 22:34:17 EST References: <770@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 21 Keywords: files, MacUser