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Inside Macintosh: Files

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Contents

• About Files
• File Forks
• File Size
• File Access Characteristics
• The Hierarchical File System
• Identifying Files and Directories
• Using Files
• Testing for File Management Routines
• Defining a Document Record
• Creating a New File
• Opening a File
• Reading File Data
• Writing File Data
• Saving a File
• Reverting to a Saved File
• Closing a File
• Opening Files at Application Startup Time
• Using a Preferences File
• Adjusting the File Menu
• File Management Reference
• Data Structures
• File System Specification Record
• Standard File Reply Records
• Application Files Records
• File Specification Routines
• StandardGetFile
• StandardPutFile
• File Access Routines
• Reading, Writing, and Closing Files
• FSRead
• FSWrite
• FSClose
• Manipulating the File Mark
• GetFPos
• SetFPos
• Manipulating the End-of-File
• GetEOF
• SetEOF
• File and Directory Manipulation Routines
• Opening, Creating, and Deleting Files
• FSpOpenDF
• FSpCreate
• FSpDelete
• Exchanging the Data in Two Files
• FSpExchangeFiles
• Creating File System Specifications
• FSMakeFSSpec
• Volume Access Routines
• Updating Volumes
• FlushVol
• Obtaining Volume Information
• GetVInfo
• GetVRefNum
• Application Launch File Routines
• GetAppParms
• CountAppFiles
• GetAppFiles
• ClrAppFiles

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