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From: dwb@apple.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file
Message-ID: <1007@apple.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 17:44:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.1007
Posted: Thu Jun 11 17:44:02 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jun-87 10:42:53 EDT
References: <1345@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (Dave W. Berry)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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In article <1345@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> steig@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Mark J. Steiglitz) writes:
>fopen() requires the pathname of the file, but SFGetFile and SFPutFile only
>return the filename and the working directory reference number.  How do I
>obtain the pathname of the file?
	...
	SFGetFile(where, "", NULL, 1, &types, NULL, &reply);
	if(!reply.good)
		return

	GetVol(NULL, &oldVol);		/* save def. vol. so we can restore */
	SetVol(NULL, reply.vRefNum);	/* change default vol. to selected */
	fp = fopen(ptocstr(reply.fName), "r");
	SetVol(NULL, oldVol);		/* restore original def. vol. */

	if(!fp)
	{
		...
	}
	...

-- 
	David W. Berry
	dwb@well.uucp                   dwb@Delphi
	dwb@apple.com                   293-0752@408.MaBell