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Subject: File Mgr inconsistancies
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Date: 17 Dec 89 07:06:04 GMT
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From article <9311@hoptoad.uucp>, by tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney):
> In article <7463@hubcap.clemson.edu> mikeoro@hubcap.clemson.edu
> (Michael K O'Rourke) writes:
>>Does anyone know how to get a drive number from a volume reference number?
> 
> PBHGetVInfo returns the drive number in the field ioVDrvInfo.
> -- 
> Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com

That's all jolly good but what are drive numbers?  Is a drive number
the same as the volume index number that you can use in PBHGetVInfo?
Also, what is a "pathRefNum" (IV-107) in GetVRefNum?  Is that a file
reference?  What can't they keep things simple?


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