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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
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Posted: Thu Jul 23 10:48:07 1987
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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.
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	Joel West,  Palomar Software, Inc. (c/o UCSD)
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