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The raw data from the FSSpec object, suitable for passing
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class=
"method">as_pathname
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Return the full pathname of the file described by the
<tt class=
"class">FSSpec
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
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class=
"method">as_tuple
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var></var>)
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Return the
<code>(
<var>wdRefNum
</var>,
<var>parID
</var>,
<var>name
</var>)
</code> tuple of
the file described by the
<tt class=
"class">FSSpec
</tt> object.
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class=
"method">NewAlias
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var></var><big>[
</big><var>file
</var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
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Create an Alias object pointing to the file described by this
FSSpec. If the optional
<var>file
</var> parameter is present the alias
will be relative to that file, otherwise it will be absolute.
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Create a minimal alias pointing to this file.
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class=
"method">GetCreatorType
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var></var>)
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Return the
4-character creator and type of the file.
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class=
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</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>creator, type
</var>)
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Set the
4-character creator and type of the file.
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class=
"method">GetFInfo
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var></var>)
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Return a
<tt class=
"class">FInfo
</tt> object describing the finder info for the file.
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</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>finfo
</var>)
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Set the finder info for the file to the values given as
<var>finfo
</var>
(an
<tt class=
"class">FInfo
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class=
"method">GetDates
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var></var>)
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Return a tuple with three floating point values representing the
creation date, modification date and backup date of the file.
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class=
"method">SetDates
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>crdate, moddate, backupdate
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Set the creation, modification and backup date of the file. The values
are in the standard floating point format used for times throughout
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