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diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex b/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex index 36610e8..fcb342c 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex @@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ Whenever a function or method expects a \var{file} argument, this argument can be one of three things:\ (1) a full or partial Macintosh pathname, (2) an \pytype{FSSpec} object or (3) a 3-tuple \code{(\var{wdRefNum}, \var{parID}, \var{name})} as described in -\citetitle{Inside Macintosh:\ Files}. A description of aliases and the +\citetitle{Inside Macintosh:\ Files}. An \pytype{FSSpec} can point to +a non-existing file, as long as the folder containing the file exists. +Under MacPython the same is true for a pathname, but not under unix-Pyton +because of the way pathnames and FSRefs works. See Apple's documentation +for details. + +A description of aliases and the Standard File package can also be found there. \note{A module, \refmodule{macfsn}, is auto-imported to replace |