Limitations on MFS Disks
System software version 7.0 still supports MFS disks, insofar as your
application can still read and write files on MFS disks. There are, however,
limitations on MFS disks in version 7.0.
• MFS disks cannot be renamed.
• MFS disks cannot have comments; however, files located within MFS
disks can have comments.
• The Finder in system software version 7.0 ignores folders created on
an MFS disk by older versions of the Finder. The folders are not
displayed. A file in such a folder appears in the root level of the disk
but has the same relative position in the window that it has in the MFS
folder.
• The Finder does not use or save window position or size information
about files located on an MFS disk.
• You cannot create an alias for an MFS volume. More generally, the
work if their target is an MFS volume. You can, however, create aliases
for files on an MFS volume. Similarly, you can use the new
volume.
• You should not call the File Manager function PBGetFCBInfo on MFS volumes.
not return correct results about the location of the application file if
the application file resides on an MFS volume.
• If the user renames an edition located on an MFS volume, the
document that publishes to or subscribes to it. Also, if the user opens
an edition in the Finder that is located on an MFS volume and updates
that edition, the Finder window closes.