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From: kpmiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kent P Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: have pathname, will travel
Message-ID: <1991Mar25.192153.6164@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 25 Mar 91 19:21:53 GMT
Sender: kpmiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Kent P Miller)
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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I axed this a few days ago, but our machine has been up and down so I'm not
sure if it made it out or not.

Basically, my problem is, I have a full pathname and I need to get the
vRefNum and the DirID for it.  I have tried using PBGetFInfo, but it seems
to hang my machine.  I have seen the code for getting a pathname from
a filename and dirid in the usenet programming guide, I just need to do
the reverse.  Any suggestions?  Is there a toolbox call for this, or do
I need to strip off the volume name and go down subdirectory by subdirectory?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kent
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