Re: [AD] file.c # patch

[Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris wrote:

> Peter Wang wrote:
>
> > You're right, but the problem I was thinking of remains.  If 
> > "filename.dat#graphics/level1/mapdata" is spelt 
> > "filename.dat/graphics/level1/mapdata" how do you know where the file 
> > name stops and the object name starts?
>
>
> What I was thinking would be to take the first (or last) "filename", 
> determine if it a) exists and b) is an actual file and not a 
> directory.. then we know that's the datafile. Since you can't have a 
> file with the same name as a directory on any system (AFAIK), there's 
> no chance of duplication and accidently getting the wrong file.


So in the example above you would try all these possibilities in order?

   filename.dat/graphics/level1/mapdata
   filename.dat/graphics/level1
   filename.dat/graphics
   filename.dat

Well, okay.

Peter