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From: taylorj@yvax.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: open file
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Date: 30 Oct 90 02:56:52 GMT
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In <484@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, musa@cs.arizona.edu (Musa J. Jafar) writes:

>Hello there, I have trouble in opening a file from inside HC.
>I am new to HC, I tried some thing like this
>open file "Genes.List"
>It did not take it: let us say my file is in the
>floopy drive whos name is Assignements
 ^^^^^^
>then how to tell HC. to go to the drive Assignements and open
>the file Genes.List

Well that's your problem.  When you're accessing a disk in the floopy drive
you have to use the "oopen" command instead of the "open" command :-))).


Sorry, couldn't resist!

Actually, there is a solution to this:
1) Prefix the filename with the name of the disk.  Instead of "Genes.List"
use "Assignements:Genes.List".


Jim Taylor
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