Re: R é p: duplicate
Re: R é p: duplicate
- Subject: Re: R é p: duplicate
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:42:40 -0700
On 2006-10-10, at 10:18:05, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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.
The "folders.501" location is a "user domain" folder in the sense
that it corresponds to the current user's ID:
user ID of (system info)
--> 501
Philip Aker
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