Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!dhw68k!macintosh From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.mac Subject: Macintosh Technical Notes - 129 _SysEnvirons: System 6.0 and Beyond Message-ID: <1990Jul30.090036.11360@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: Mon Jul 30 09:00:18 GMT 1990 Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Approved: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) [6/90 Macintosh Technical Notes - 129 _SysEnvirons: System 6.0 and Beyond] Revised by: M Baumwell, C Prouse, G Ortiz & D Radcliffe June 1990 Written by: Jim Friedlander May 1987 This Technical Note discusses changes and enhancements in the _SysEnvirons call in System Software 6.0 and later. 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