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Re: Vexing POSIX file issue
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Re: Vexing POSIX file issue


  • Subject: Re: Vexing POSIX file issue
  • From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:48:56 -0400

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Mark J. Reed <email@hidden> wrote:
>  Is the "David" volume actually mounted at the time the script is
>  executed?  If not, then "POSIX file of "/Volumes/David"'

...by which I meant ' POSIX file "/Volumes/David" '

> will see that  the volume "David" doesn't exist and fall back to the generic path
>  from root conversion.

So, for instance, on my machine I have a "Media" volume but no "David"
volume, hence:

POSIX file "/Volumes/Media" -> file "Media"
POSIX file "/Volumes/David" -> file "Wazowski:Volumes:David"

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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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References: 
 >Vexing POSIX file issue (From: Loren Ryter <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Vexing POSIX file issue (From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>)

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