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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file
Message-ID: <6462@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 14-Jun-87 00:46:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.6462
Posted: Sun Jun 14 00:46:15 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jun-87 01:46:27 EDT
References: <1345@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1007@apple.UUCP> <204@drilex.UUCP> <19339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Graduate Students
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Summary: use PBOpen!

In article <19339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) writes:
> 
> Many people have said they want to see how to work with complete
> pathnames to files expressed as strings. Please mention in your
> product literature that you are doing this - I won't buy any product
> that does.  

I agree!  Byte the bullet, programmers!  Use PBOpen, PBRead, PBWrite, and
the entire ensemble of IN ROM Macintosh file handling routines to make
your code more efficient and also more able to withstand the effects of
system upgrades.  You don't have to call SetVol(), you don't have to 
obtain the pathname of the file, and you don't have to worry about what
happens to your file connection when a disk gets ejected.  Of course,
this reduces "portability" but who are we kidding here?

A satisfied ROM user.

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