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From: dwb@apple.UUCP (Dave W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: obtaining the full pathname of a file
Message-ID: <1127@apple.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 16:44:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.1127
Posted: Mon Jun 22 16:44:44 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 06:42:05 EDT
References: <1345@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1007@apple.UUCP>
Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: path

In article <665@unicus.UUCP> rae@unicus.UUCP (Clith de T'nir a.k.a. Reid Ellis) writes:
>Um, doesn't this ignore applications where a path is read from a text
>file? [along the lines of a C compiler's "#include <a:long:path>"]  What
>then?  Make the user memorize vRefNums of his folders? :-)
	Rather difficult, since vRefNums are dynamically assigned
	as directories get opened.  And the correct thing to do
	is for the compiler to implement search paths so you don't
	have to give long full path names.  What happens if you
	rename the disk, or copy the whole structure to hard disk?
>
>							Reid
-- 
	David W. Berry
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