Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!sticks!dwb From: dwb@sticks.apple.com (David W. Berry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Inits & Boot Time Message-ID: <3516@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 12 Aug 89 02:06:23 GMT References: <1179@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> <451@asterix.drev.dnd.ca> <20731@cup.portal.com> <4430@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer Lines: 27 In article <4430@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> mikem@uhccux.UUCP (Mike Morton) writes: >In article <20731@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes: >>I would guess that most INITs would not be bothered by >>having their resource ID changed. > >What about folks who get their own code by: > GetResource ('INIT', 0); >so they can then do a DetachResource on themselves? The preferred method is: _start: bra.s Entry dc.l 'INIT' dc.w 0 dc.w 0 Entry: lea _start,a0 _RecoverHandle _DetachResource It's portable and doesn't depend on you knowing what id you were installed as. Opinions: MINE, ALL MINE! (greedy evil chuckle) David W. Berry (A/UX Toolbox Engineer) dwb@apple.com 973-5168@408.MaBell AppleLink: berry1