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From: darin@Apple.COM (Darin Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: PBHGetFInfo modifies ioDirID
Message-ID: <8998@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 27 Apr 88 01:15:28 GMT
References: <3691@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU>
Reply-To: darin@apple.UUCP (Darin Adler)
Organization: Apple
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In article <3691@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> ir10@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (Donald R. Fredkin) writes:
> Does anyone know why PBHGetFInfo modifies the field ioDirID in the
> HParamBlockRec it is given?  What, if anything, is the significance
> of modified value?

The value returned in ioDirID is the id of the parent directory of the file,
i.e. the directory that contains it. This can be useful if you passed a working
directory in the ioVRefNum field.
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Darin Adler						AppleLink:Adler4
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