Re: Making a folder in the user's library
Re: Making a folder in the user's library
- Subject: Re: Making a folder in the user's library
- From: Philippe GRUCHET <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 18:52:53 +0200
From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
... if you point to an item inside the "Application Support" folder:
alias ((path to app support from user domain) & "AddressBook" as
string)
Then, just move your "Application Support" folder to Desktop and run
the line above:
--> alias ":Users:philippe:Desktop:Application Support:AddressBook:"
This special folder remains a special folder, but on Desktop.
(Or anywhere else it has been moved.)
Because of how the Folder Manager works in Mac OS X, any given special
folder will be tracked after you ask for it, but only by that
application, and only for HFS(+) disks. If another application were
to ask for the Application Support folder, it would get the original
location (inside Library), not the relocated one, as would someone
using a UFS or NFS home directory. In other words, you shouldn't rely
on it.
It's a very precious information you're bringing there to many of us.
Thank you very much Chris!
P.S.: Your original example relies on the text item delimiters being
set to an empty string. A more reliable version would be
alias ((path to application support from user domain as string) &
"AddressBook")
I remember that, by default, the 'text item delimiters' are set to
empty string {""} , isn't it?
<tic> 'kicking the habit' is not so easy... </tic>
Kind regards,
Philippe/SVM Mac
http://svmmac.vnunet.fr
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