On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 7:45 PM, Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <mailto:neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch> wrote: >Ken Cartner writes: >> I'm trying to set a variable to a folder inside the Preferences folder of >> the system folder. As long as I use the hard drive's name in the path, >> everything works fine. > >I'm sorry; my earlier article was misguided and David and Chris are right: You >should use FindFolder, not MacPerl::Volumes. However, if at all possible >(PowerPC or BigMacPerl) you should use Mac::Files instead of FindFolder.pl: > Why? later, ---Dave--- ========================================================= David C. Schooley | "I love it when they let their hair Ph.D. in progress | down, and dance real close to you. Georgia Tech Electric Power | You know I'm a sucker baby, for email: schooley@ece.gatech.edu | what the cowgirls do." - Vince Gill http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/schooley/ --------------------------------------------------------- Cyberdog ---A Product of Apple Computer, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------- ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch