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From: gf0c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory S. Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Vol # of Launched APPL?
Message-ID: <QXrTZSy00WB3E3pUk8@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 89 16:44:14 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Greetings...

The situation:  An application, a configuration file, and a preferences
file.  The application and the configuration file are in Folder A, the
pref file in Folder B.  Double click the config file, the appl launches
without difficulty.  Double click the pref file, and the default dir is
Folder B, so although the appl is launched, it can't find the config
file.  Sort of a fox, goat, cabbage problem.

The question:  How do you determine the directory that the application
resides in, _regardless of the location of the document that launched it_???

I've pondered this one for a while.  It seems like a worthwhile thing
to know, so if I figure it out first, I'll post the answer myself.

-Greg