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From: chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Getting the full pathname?
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Date: 11 Oct 89 16:51:45 GMT
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In article <6464@pt.cs.cmu.edu> fryd@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Fryd) writes:
> Is there any way to get the real filename and directory name for an open
> file?  I would like to avoid trying to parse the filename myself,  If
> I can get the Mac to tell me where the file is, Scribe will have a better
> chance of working when system 7 comes out.
> 
> Thanks
> Michael Fryd                    (412) 751-5557
> MEFCO, Inc.                     Fax: (412) 751-8403
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If you really want the best chance of working properly in the future, 
don't use pathnames internally; convert them to volumename/dirID/filename 
form and use that internally.  And if you know you're running under System 7 or later, you may or may not wish to use the fileID.

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