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Re: [late reply] Re: Parameters for "path to" Command
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Re: [late reply] Re: Parameters for "path to" Command


  • Subject: Re: [late reply] Re: Parameters for "path to" Command
  • From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:21:43 +0100

email@hidden wrote on Mon, 19 Aug 2002 02:48:43 EDT:

>>>> ------------
>>>> ":" as alias
>>>> ------------
>>>
>>> --> "HD1:" (my root)
>>>
>>> Are you sure that expression ever returned the enclosing container of
>>> path to me? If it did, then it's either still broken or it got "fixed"
>>> so it no longer does.
>>
>>In a message dated 7/24/02 12:16:59 AM, Paul Berkowitz writes:
>>
>>It got fixed, somewhere around As 1.6, or maybe 1.8.
>
>But you can use
>
> set pathToMyContainer ":" as file specification as string
>
>and you can use it with MacOS 8.1, 8.6, 9.1, 9.2.2, and 10.1.5 (FYI - there
>are *no* other versions of the MacOS worth using on any PowerPC Mac).
>
>I can't wait to see if this trick is broken in Jaguar.

It's broken on any system that doesn't have Jon's Commands installed. ;-)

NG
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