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- From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Deliminator char in AFP C++ sample
- Message-ID: <ksand-301292135822@wintermute.apple.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 21:59:13 GMT
- References: <4592@bimacs.BITNET>
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- In article <4592@bimacs.BITNET>, liran@bimacs.BITNET (Eshel Liran) wrote:
- > The "AFP C++" sample code uses '@' as it's deliminator character in path names.
- > WHY ????
- > Is't it safer to use ':' instead ?
- > Knowing that the finder doesn't allow one to use ':' in a file or volume name
- I could only think of one possible issue, and that's A/UX, but in that
- case the File Manager emulator maps things back and forth concerning path
- names. Full path names are evil anyway. Never heard you could use @ for
- deliminator char, is there a #define somewhere?
-
- Kent
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