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From: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Saving vRefNum's
Message-ID: <5591@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 17 Jul 89 23:52:38 GMT
References: <84039@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> <14409@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Reply-To: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <14409@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
>
>     The solution is simple.  Instead of saving the working directory
>reference number, save permanent information which can be used to find
>the place where the file is.  Save the volume reference number and the
>directory ID of the folder where the file was found.  You can use
.
.
>     If anyone tells you to save the pathname, don't listen.

But but but..

Didn't we discuss this at length about a year ago?

I beleive that the upshot is that one can not use directory IDs for
uses that are long term because both AU/X and AppleShare fake them up
for the current boot only.

Has this changed??  Does anyone remember that discussion?

P.S.
Let's move this to comp.sys.mac.programmer where it belongs.


Larry Hutchinson, Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 50-383, Beaverton, OR 97077
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