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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Using "Get Info" comment field?
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Date: 28 Mar 91 15:31:19 GMT
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In article <1991Mar27.220137.3664@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, l4oj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> 
> 
>    I've written a C program for MS-DOS that I am porting to the Macintosh.
> It uses some command-line arguments.  It appears that it might be possible
> to grab the "Get Info" comments string, and use this as the command line.
> (It took a long time of wading through "Inside the Macintosh" to figure
> out where this is stored).  Of course, this is nonstandard and probably
> will be impossible with System 7.0, ...
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Actually System 7 supports calls to read and write the Get Info comments
without resorting to hacks.  If you can get ahold of Inside Mac Vol VI,
it's documented in there.

-- michael

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