#What is with Lock()?
03-Feb-90 13:15:18
Sb: #88342-#What is with Lock()?
Fm: Bill Hawes 72230,267
To: David Oldis 72727,2460
David,
Locks, Volume Nodes, and indeed most AmiaDOS structures are specified by
BPTRs, which are ordinary addresses divided by 4. To convert a BPTR to a
real address you need to multiply it by 4 (shifting left by 2 is the usual
method). After this you'll have the address of a real data structure.
-Bill