Re: FSRef -> NSString

FROM : Chris Hanson
DATE : Thu Jan 16 21:37:15 2003

At 6:58 AM -0800 1/16/03, Hsu wrote:
>How about FSRefMakePath, then stringWithCString?


Don't use FSRefMakePath, it has a fatal design flaw:  There's no way
to tell in advance how large of a buffer you'll need for the path
string.

Use the FSRef->CFURLRef->CFStringRef technique or use BDAlias (which
uses it internally).  Neither have this flaw.

  -- Chris

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