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From: 6600pete@ucbsuxa.ucsb.edu (GurgleKat [Pete Gontier])
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Subject: THINK Pascal vs. PBGetFCBInfo on System file
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Date: 28 Feb 90 09:33:35 GMT
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I'm in the process of writing a ShutDown proc that needs to know where the
Blessed Folder is, and apparently the working directories are all gone at
volume unmount time. That's by way of introduction; I imagine someone will
have an explanation for it. What I did to solve the perceived problem was
to use PBGetFCBInfo on the System file, the 'real' refNum of which I got
by playing games with UseResFile and CurResFile. So now I know where the
Blessed Folder is without SysEnvRec.sysVRefNum and PBGetWDInfo. Nice. But
when I try to call PBGetFCBInfo while in the THINK Pascal environment,
everything hangs about 75% of the time. The ShutDown proc itself hasn't
hung yet. THINK Pascal tries to give me a thumbs down on the offending
call, but after it puts up the hand, it's hung.

Rich?

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