Re: R é p: duplicate
Re: R é p: duplicate
- Subject: Re: R é p: duplicate
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:18:05 -0700
- Thread-topic: Rép: duplicate
On 10/10/06 6:44 AM, "ishmael" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I didn't know you could retrieve the path of the
system temp with (path to
> "temp" from user domain),
Actually, using that 4-character text version dates from a time when there
was no officially documented way to get at many special folders. It still
works, and I suppose it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future,
but most of these special folders are now documented in the 'path to'
command in Standard Additions dictionary.
path to temporary items from user domain
In fact , I'm not sure 'from user domain' is correct here, although the
Cache file it finds probably points to or mirrors the actual location. Temp
folders are in fact not within the user folder but on the root disk:
path to temporary items from user domain
--> alias "PB G5 HD Tiger:Users:berkowit:Library:Caches:TemporaryItems:"
path to temporary items
--> alias "PB G5 HD Tiger:private:var:tmp:folders.501:TemporaryItems:"
The latter is the real location - a hidden (private) folder. I'm not sure
how far back (which OS) the ~/Library/Caches/ location goes back to - I
don't think I've seen it before. It must be a sort of mirror of the real
location.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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