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From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel)
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Subject: Re: Macintosh One-Liners
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Date: 29 Sep 89 22:52:33 GMT
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How about:

Directory IDs are longs, not shorts.  Shorts work ALMOST all the time, so 
beware.

Use the file name, directory id, and volume name to uniquely identify a 
file.

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"