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From: gregr@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Gregory S Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Simple File Manager Question
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Date: 29 Mar 90 07:54:35 GMT
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Reply-To: gregr@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Gregory S Rogers)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver,  WA.
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This problem seems so simple, but I must have a basic misunderstanding, can 
anyone help?  Using LSC 3.0 ...

I call SFPutFile to enter a file name and select the folder (not the System 
Folder) to save into;

	SFPutFile(where, "\pPrompt", "\pText Box", NIL, &reply);

I expect reply.vRefNum to return the Working Directory reference number for 
the folder chosen in the dialog.

But after I call GetFInfo();


	errnum = GetFInfo(reply.fName, reply.vRefNum, &theInfo);
		
if a file of the name fName exists in the System Folder then errnum = noErr 
indicating the file already exists.  But why is GetFInfo looking for fName in 
the System Folder???   Shouldn't it only look in the folder id'd by vRefNum???

If no file of name fName is in the System Folder, everything works fine and
vRefNum is used to save the file to the correct and desired folder.

I must be missing something very simple but I'm stumped.  Thanks!