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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: File Manager Query
Message-ID: <1052@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 05:16:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  3 05:16:28 1986
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In article <219@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) writes:
>
>Is the file reference number returned when a file is successfully
>opened always non-negative?

Yes, the file reference number is the offset of the FCB from the beginning
of the FCB table.  However, you should not make use of this undocumented
information in order to access the FCB.  It seems very unlikely that Apple
would start using negative reference numbers, though.
-- 
Tim Maroney, Electronic Village Idiot
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