site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Hi Michael The problem I have is that I am using file:///Volumes/Drive/Folder/File style URLs to pass pointers to files over a network connection. When I use CFURL to resolve a URL like: file:///Volumes/G4_HD/folder/file As you can see, this is an inherently fragile way to do things. Even without the bug discussed above, I can't recommend this as a way to go. Cheers Mark -- mark@gallery.co.uk Tel: +44 208 340 5677 fax: +44 870 055 7790 http://www.gallery.co.uk _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Thanks for the explanation about the phantom mount directory. Forcing an rm of the directory has solved the problem on this machine We need to pass around a file specification via TCP/IP between various different applications working on the same file from different computers. The file spec also has to go through an asset management system which needs to store the location as (unicode) text, then pop out the other side and be picked up again. What better mechanism would you recommend instead to identify a file which resides on a shared volume in a workgroup ?. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com