Re: Can't convert path ~/... to Fsref

• Subject: Re: Can't convert path ~/... to Fsref
• From: alex <email@hidden>
• Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:40:15 -0400
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Would this work?

::FSFindFolder( kUserDomain, kDomainLibraryFolderType, createIt, &foundRef );

alex

At 3:56 PM -0400 9/29/05, Denis @ TheOffice wrote:

I am trying to create/open a file with the origine in posix example "~/Library/Preferences/temp.tiff"

 

I have made a function to convert based on some example I have found...

It works most of the time but seems to failed with the TILDE(~) current user...

The RetStatus is -43 rectory not found...

 

 

 

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
OSStatus FSPathMakeFSSpec (CFilePath & FilePath, FSSpec * OutFSSpec, Boolean * OutIsDirectory )
{
OSStatus        RetStatus;
Str255          PascalPathname;

FSRef           FileRef;
FSCatalogInfo   ThisInfo;
char            PathName [256];
char            FileName [256];

 

    ExtractPath    (PathName, FilePath.m_Filename, 256);
    ExtractFileName(FileName, FilePath.m_Filename, 256);
   
    if((PathName[0]        == 0)
    && (FilePath.m_VRefNum == 0)
    && (FilePath.m_parID   == 0)
    ){
       ConvertStringToPascalStr (OutFSSpec->name,  FileName, 63);
       RetStatus = GetDefaultTempDir(OutFSSpec);
       return RetStatus;
    } else if(PathName[0]  == 0){
       OutFSSpec->vRefNum   = FilePath.m_VRefNum;
       OutFSSpec->parID     = FilePath.m_parID;
       ConvertStringToPascalStr (OutFSSpec->name,  FileName, 63);
       return NO_ERROR;
    }
// *************************************************************************************************

// POINT OF FAILLURE!???

 

    RetStatus  = FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)PathName, &FileRef, OutIsDirectory);
    require_noerr(RetStatus, ExitFSPathMakeFSSpec);

 

// *************************************************************************************************

    RetStatus     = FSGetCatalogInfo(&FileRef, kFSCatInfoVolume | kFSCatInfoNodeID, &ThisInfo, NULL, NULL, NULL);
    require_noerr(RetStatus, ExitFSPathMakeFSSpec);

 

    OutFSSpec->vRefNum   = ThisInfo.volume;
    OutFSSpec->parID     = ThisInfo.nodeID;

 

    ConvertStringToPascalStr (OutFSSpec->name,  FileName, 63);
    ConvertStringToPascalStr (PascalPathname,   PathName, 63);

 

ExitFSPathMakeFSSpec:
    return( RetStatus );
}

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