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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Questions to the keeper(s) of AmigaDos
Message-ID: <18256@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 29 Jan 91 19:07:40 GMT
References: <1991Jan29.095740.9133@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jan29.095740.9133@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umrobbin@ccu.umanitoba.ca writes:
>On the disks I checked, these two values were always identical.  Directories
>were 2 and files were -3.  Apparently there is no difference between them,
>so what is their history?  Are they the same in FFS as well?  For maximum
>safety in upward compatibility, should I be using DirEntryType?
>Why 2 and -3?

	Because of that unfortunate lack of documentation, we're kind of stuck
with keeping them the same.  However, you should use fib_DirEntryType.

>bugs and possible similar ones been killed?  What is the safest way to lock
>the current directory?  I've been using
>        cd_lock = Lock("",ACCESS_READ);
>with no apparent problems, is this okay?

	That's fine.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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