Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl::SetFileInfo Help (fwd)

["D. Beverly" <slowdive@mindspring.com>]

Some time around 7/2/97 8:41 AM , Chris Nandor wrote something about

>At 10.29 6/30/97, Mark Manning/Muniz Eng. wrote:
>>The OPEN command does not guarantee that the file is
>>created immediately.  Only that you wish to open and/or
>>create a file if it isn't there.
>
>>My feelings are: Better safe than sorry.  :-)
>
>If that is true, then (1) that is a serious problem and (2) it should be
>identified in the MacPerl docs.  On UNIX perl, the creation is always
>immediate.

I agree.  I have lots of scripts that create new files, which I don't 
want as MPW files, but the SetFileInfo call doesn't always work.  Now at 
least I know why, and what to do about it, but this "feature" should be 
explained in the docs.

Interestingly, running MacPerl from an older version of MPW (a beta of 
3.4.2), SetFileInfo worked every time, but with the final version 
included in ETO 23, it's a crapshoot.

Dave Beverly
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