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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Reserved files and folders
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Date: 26 Jul 90 14:24:05 GMT
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In article <1102.26af6327@waikato.ac.nz> ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

>Isn't this getting a little out of hand? Shouldn't all these
>bits of housekeeping be hidden away in the file structure somewhere?
>How about adding new special file IDs to HFS? You already have
>0 and 1 for the catalog and extents files. There should be
>some way of allocating new "special" files without impacting
>backward compatibility with existing systems and existing
>volumes.

Isn't this a perfect time to start using ioFVersion? You know, that field
that if you don't initialize you create a file that the Finder can see but
Standard File and the Resource manager cannot.
(The one Apple said was no longer supported in HFS, was removed from the
routine descriptions in IM-IV, but actually were supported and wreaked the
above havoc)
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