Re: Get login name and/or path to home directory of current user?

In article <1181608571.671420@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Michael Ash <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> It should be obvious that paths are better and more modern. FSRefs can 
> track a file as it moves and work with files that are buried so deep in 
> file hierarchies that the full path exceeds kernel limits. Paths, by 
> failing in both of these situations, make the programmer's job much
easier 
> because they can blame any failings in their application on the kernel.

Thanks, Michael. I read the thread earlier and thought about coughing up 
my skull, but couldn't quite deal with the stupidity level I was seeing. 
You came up with quite an entertaining (yet accurate!) response. Much 
better than I could have done.