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From: kermit@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (kermit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: File copying routines? Boot blocks?
Message-ID: <3466@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 13 Aug 88 21:13:55 GMT
Reply-To: kermit@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (kermit)
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Two questions, folks:
1) Are there any routines that will copy a file (data fork, resource fork,
and finder info) without having to individually access each of these
forks and write them to the destination volume?
2) Is there a routine to write boot blocks to a volume?

I need to know these so that my program can automatically copy files
from my HD to an inserted initialized floppy. It will also need to copy
a stripped down (very stripped down) System and Finder so that the new
floppy can be bootable, hence the need for boot blocks.

Please offer any advice. I must do this within the program, so telling
me of a Desk Accessory or "make use of the Finder" is not going to help.
Advice on doing this using Pascal is preferable though I can handle
LightSpeed C at a pinch.
					thanks in advance...
					the fwoggie.