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Re: Basic question - Getting Mac path to file

Subject: Re: Basic question - Getting Mac path to file
From: Tim Mansour <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:52:26 +1100

On 31 Jan 2005, at 11.19 pm, Bernardo Hoehl wrote:

This is very basic, please forgive me for being so stupid, but I can't find the answer on my books:
set x to "/Users/bernardo/Desktop/1.txt"
POSIX path of x
returns ---> "/:Users:bernardo:Desktop:1.txt"


You've just got it the wrong way round, Bernardo. Try this:

set x to "harddiskname:Users:bernardo:Desktop:1.txt"
POSIX path of x
--> "/Users/bernardo/Desktop/1.txt"

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Tim Mansour <email@hidden>

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