Re: unixy paths to alias
Re: unixy paths to alias
- Subject: Re: unixy paths to alias
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:34:09 -0400
On 7/30/05,
Gregory J. Smith <
email@hidden> wrote:
I want to convert this: "\Library\WebServer\Documents" to
"HD:Library:WebServer:Documents"
When I try
set a to posix file "\Library\WebServer\Documents"
I get: ":WebServer:Documents"
That's not UNIXy. That's Windowsy. UNIX paths use the
*forward* slash, just like the ones you see in web addresses: /, not \.
So the behavior you're seeing could be a weird side effect of using the
wrong punctuation. If not, then are you running any sort of
security/privacy software that isolates users?
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