Re: Path to documents folder
Re: Path to documents folder
- Subject: Re: Path to documents folder
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:25:44 -0800
On 1/27/01 7:02 PM, I wrote:
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On 1/27/01 6:46 PM, "Peter Gort" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Hi People,
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> There is a (path to preferences folder) that correctly returns the apth
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> to the preferences folder of whichever user is logged into the computer
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> (Multiple Users under Mac OS 9 and 9.1).
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> However there does not appear to be a (path to documents folder). Does
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> anybody know of a way to get to the currently logged in User's Documents
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> folder?
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Hi, Peter
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(path to startup disk) as string & "Documents:"
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gives you the string version.
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alias ((path to startup disk) as string & "Documents:")
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gives you the actual folder (if it exists on the root hard disk, and
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hasn't been moved somewhere else).
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Oops. I hadn't noticed the Multiple Users reference. This will do what you
want: it needs a separate action for when the user is the owner. It works in
OS 9.1: I'm not certain whether the 'path to current user folder' was
implemented in OS 9.0 or later.
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try
set userFolder to path to current user folder
set docFolder to alias ((userFolder as string) & "Documents")
on error -- owner is current user, can't get path
set docFolder to alias (((path to startup disk) as string) &
"Documents")
end try
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OT: I've been spending the intervening time freezing and waiting to get into
a Test user to try this (and finally succeeded). Does anyone know why it
takes about 10 times as long for a user to get to its desktop on my G3/350
with 256MB RAM (and a lot more stuff) as it does on my 7200/120 with 92K
RAM?
--
Paul Berkowitz