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Re: Can't convert path ~/... to Fsref

Alternatives abound. FSRef is the most common choice; if you want to point to a nonexistent file, use a FSRef to the parent plus a UniChar array.
It really sounds as if you haven't done any research at all. Apple's web site has all sorts of information on this stuff.


On Sep 29, 2005, at 5:02 PM, Denis @ TheOffice wrote:

Yeah, but the only thing that goes in a FSSpecs is a Pascal string, I am not liking it either.
But there is not seems to be any alternative that would easily fit in the code I am working on.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Harris" <email@hidden>
To: "Denis @ TheOffice" <email@hidden>; <carbon- email@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Can't convert path ~/... to Fsref



On 9/29/05 5:10 PM, Denis @ TheOffice didst favor us with:


Why are you using paths and FSSpecs?

That is temporary until I rewrite all my file access routines.


Are you aware that this function
can fail because not all file names can be encoded into a Pascal string, and
that only the first 31 characters of that field are used?

Yes, I am aware, In another function it wants the OutFSSpec->name in pascal.

The actual path of "~/..." may come from user entry and or some internal code
that assume Linux
style.


If the path can come from user entry then there should be no Pascal strings
anywhere in this process. OTOH, you probably know more about all this than I
do, so never mind. ;-)

Larry




----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Harris" <email@hidden>
To: "Denis @ TheOffice" <email@hidden>; <carbon- email@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Can't convert path ~/... to Fsref



On 9/29/05 4:28 PM, Denis @ TheOffice didst favor us with:


Re: Can't convert path ~/... to FsrefThanks,
But, I fail to see how to integrate that into my code.
I am trying to do a generic function that will handle all possible entry.
Plus I was hopping for something in Carbon.


Why are you using paths and FSSpecs? Why not FSRefs? Where are you getting
these paths that they have tildas in them? Are you aware that this function
can fail because not all file names can be encoded into a Pascal string, and
that only the first 31 characters of that field are used?

Larry




----- Original Message -----
From: Rosyna
To: Denis @ TheOffice ; email@hidden
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: Can't convert path ~/... to Fsref


man 3 glob


http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ ManPages/man3/glob
.3
.html


Ack, at 9/29/05, Denis @ TheOffice said:


I am trying to create/open a file with the origine in posix example
"~/Library/Preferences/temp.tiff"

I have made a function to convert based on some example I have found...
It works most of the time but seems to failed with the TILDE(~) current
user...
The RetStatus is -43 rectory not found...


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