Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!ames!sdcsvax!jww From: jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: HFS Query Message-ID: <3509@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 10:48:07 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.3509 Posted: Thu Jul 23 10:48:07 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 07:15:30 EDT References: <1020@runx.ips.oz> <2496@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: Palomar Software, Inc., Vista, CA Lines: 14 In article <2496@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes: . First, you really ought not to store directory IDs and expect them to remain . fixed. I know, I know, this is explicitly stated to be legal. However, if . you read the AFP (AppleShare protocol) documentation, you will see that AFP . supports or may support in the future volume types with non-fixed directory . IDs - IDs that are fixed only for the duration of a remote mount. One such OS is A/UX, where the stored IDs are explicitly stated to be illegal. Even without AppleShare, if you run on A/UX, stored id's won't work. -- Joel West, Palomar Software, Inc. (c/o UCSD) {ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!jww or jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu