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From: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Suitcase Info, Please!!
Message-ID: <6584@apple.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 13:53:47 EST
Article-I.D.: apple.6584
Posted: Fri Oct 30 13:53:47 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 22:34:17 EST
References: <770@pc.ecn.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: files, MacUser

In article <770@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> jonesg@pc.ecn.purdue.edu (Glynda Jones) writes:
>On Page 111 of November's MacUser, the author makes a reference to
>the fact that the Mac opens files in a very strict and known order.
>Could someone expand on this order, based on the manual's chitchat
>on HFS and perhaps some experience with the Suitcase package.  We
	Umm... It certainly does open files in a very strict and
known order, whatever order the program asks it to.  In the case of
Suitcase and INIT's and a few other things where the program opens
every file of a given type in a given folder it is done by scanning
the directory (using indexed file operations).  Since the directory
is guaranteed to be sorted alphabetically, Suitcase will open it's
files alphabetically, INIT's get loaded alphabetically (by file name,
not INIT name, which may be different), etc.


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	David W. Berry
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