On May 21, 2008, at 11:49 PM, Charles Srstka wrote:

FSRefs are also highly filesystem-dependent, and HFS+, the only file system (as far as I know) that currently fully supports them, is showing its age and ready to be replaced, possibly by a file system like ZFS that wasn't invented by Apple.

I think you are confusing FSSpec and FSRef.

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/File_Manager/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/FSRef >

FSRefs are opaque structures that support referencing files/ directories on any file system supported by Mac OS X. They are well supported in CoreFoundation, LaunchServices, etc.

<http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2078.html>

FSRef are meant for use while your process is running (don't attempt to persist them).

Also most of the "FS" functions that take FSRef are capable of supporting the file systems support by Mac OS X.

-Shawn
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