Can't read text from file on OS 9

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Sep 24 12:31:28 EDT 2004


On 9/24/04 6:47 AM, Robert Brenstein wrote:

 >> I don't have an OS 9 machine to check right now, but maybe someone
 >> else can. If I remember right, OS 9 will return a path something like
 >> this:
 >>
 >>   Hard Disk/AppFolder/Folder/file.rev
 >>
 >> The Classic engine returns this path:
 >>
 >>   /Hard Disk/Folder/Folder/file.rev
 >>
 >> The OS X engine returns this path:
 >>
 >>   /Folder/Folder/file.rev
 >>
 >> If I'm right about the OS 9 path, then checking for a leading "/"
 >> would seem to do it. But someone with native OS 9 should check to make
 >> sure. My husband is playing solitaire on our machine and family
 >> harmony forbids interference. ;)
 >>
 >> --
 >> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
 >> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
 >
 >
 >
 > Just checked that OS9 returns the leading slash just as Classic does.

Oh well. It was a nice thought while it lasted. Does Andre's suggestion 
about checking the prefs folder work?

-- 
Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com


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