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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Parent pointers
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Date: 5 Sep 90 01:12:21 GMT
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Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes:

>Do standard ProDOS subdirectories have a pointer to their parent 
>directory?  Or do they have to scan from root to find it?  It seems
>that noone implements the equivalent of a .. parameter when they
>implement a change directory command (with the exception of APW).
>I've never understood why.  It's very useful when you're hopping
>from children to parent to sibling directories.

They're supposed to, according to the prodos specs.

Has anybody written a decent CD for basic.system yet? I'm sick of PREFIX.
Maybe I should get off my duff and write one after Turbo Binscii is finished.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu