At 09:52 PM 4/19/01 -0400, Shawn Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>However, it occurred to me that there isn't really a way (that I know of)
>to directly address a specific filename on a Macintosh as there is in
>other operating systems. For example, in Windows I could type
>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\BLAH.EXE or in Unix I could type
>/var/spool/mail/whatever ... but is there a way to do such a thing on a Mac?
Not recommended (you *should* use the ToolBox routines and create an
'alias' resource for the file), but yes, you can do what you're trying to do.
"Macintosh HD:Desktop Folder:My Interesting File.txt"
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Drive Name Folder(s) Filename
>Can you directly address a file several levels deep in the filesystem
>without using the MacOS interface itself to do so? The project I'm doing
>relies on the ability to do just that, and it would appear that I've hit a
>bit of a snag.
You'll hit other snags doing it the way you want to, because the MacOS
is not like DOS or Windows or Unix. (well, okay, OS X is like Unix, but
that's not the point here...). If you're writing an application on the
Mac, you should use the routines in the Mac Toolbox to do things... that
way, your code will work on *any* Mac, not just the one(s) that are
configured exactly like your test machine, with exactly the same hard drive
name(s), exactly the same foldername(s), etc. Regardless, we are straying
far from the topic of this list, since it has absolutely nothing to do with
PHP. :)
>If anyone can offer any suggestions or advice, I'd really appreciate
>it. Thanks in advance.
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- Brian
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Brian S. Dunworth
Sr. Software Development Engineer
Oracle Database Administrator
The Printing House, Ltd.
(850) 875-1500 x225
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