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Re: another dumb question re Posix Path
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Re: another dumb question re Posix Path


  • Subject: Re: another dumb question re Posix Path
  • From: peter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:28:43 +0200

Thank you John and Neil for giving me back my sanity.... (temporarily)
I have read everything in the developer docs re Posix path but still didn't get it!
now I do
Thank you

Peter


On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 1:14 PM, Neil Faiman wrote:

If F is a string containing a POSIX path, then the AppleScript construct

POSIX file f

yields a file reference, so

POSIX file F as Unicode text

gives you the corresponding HFS (colon delimited) path specification. For example,

set f to "/Users/neil/Desktop/org.faiman.turbo-rip.plist"
POSIX file f as Unicode text

yields "Futura:Users:neil:Desktop:org.faiman.turbo-rip.plist".

-Neil Faiman

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 06:59 AM, peter wrote:

Am I right in saying that the finder will only respond to colon delimited paths?
i.e: {hard disk:Users:george:mildred:}
if this is the case, I know I have already asked this very BASIC question but....
how in an AS application is one supposed to coerce the posix path returned from an open panel to a format that the finder will be happy with?
Sorry.............. but its driving me @#$%^&*()(*&^%$#!
thanks

Peter
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