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Re: [MacPerl] why shouldn't I store FSSpecs "between runs

At 6:52 PM -0500 12/28/99, Chris Nandor wrote:

>At 15.40 -0500 1999.12.28, Jim Correia wrote:
>>If you need to store persistent file references, use aliases.
>
>Or regular file specs (e.g., "Macintosh HD:foo:bar").

Sure - that will work until you have two volumes with the same name - 
then you'll get unpredictable results :-)

Full paths shouldn't be used on the Mac unless it is the only choice 
(I can't think of the situation off hand) or the software is only 
going to be run on your local machine and you don't care about 
breakage as things move and you can control volume naming.

-- 
Jim Correia                                Bare Bones Software, Inc.
correia@barebones.com                     <http://web.barebones.com>

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