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

[John W Baxter <jwblist@olympus.net>]

At 18:52 -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").
>
Which fails (or can) if you have two volumes named "Macintosh HD" mounted,
which is perfectly legal in Mac OS.

Fixed by "if it hurts don't do it" much of the time, but could bite someone
who was copying from an old drive or machine to a new one (just the sort of
time you don't want odd events, particularly if paying a consultant by the
hour to do it).

  --John
-- 
John Baxter   jwblist@olympus.net      Port Ludlow, WA, USA

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