Re: tutorial on HFS versus finder and POSIX file path ?
Re: tutorial on HFS versus finder and POSIX file path ?
- Subject: Re: tutorial on HFS versus finder and POSIX file path ?
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:13:51 -0600
At 09:16 -0700 10/17/06, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>Isn't there also the one that starts with "~/" indicating a path from home directory?
That actually depends on the shell that is executing the command. "~" is a typewriter shortcut for the environmental variable $HOME which contains a path that begins with /Users/... for folks who keep their home directory on the startup volume of an OS neXt machine.
In HFS a file name starting with a colon is in the current working directory. Double or other pluralities of initial colons work their way back the directory stack the same way initial periods do in UNIX. Contrary to popular belief the classic OS did have a working directory but the only popular software to use it seriously was MPW which I miss on OS neXt.
>"Better Plan B than plan d & c."
Or backdating options in Cupertino?
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