Temporary folder on OSX

[Ken Ray]

Thierry,

You can check out a complete list of folder path codes that might help you
get what you're looking for:

http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm?_file010

This contains a list of all the folder path codes for Mac, OS X and Windows.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/


> From:     Thierry Arbellot <thierry.arbellot at wanadoo.fr>
> Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:09:18 +0200
> To:     use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Temporary folder on OSX
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am developing an app which needs to use some temporary files, so I
> would like to use the temporary folder defined by the system.
> But there is something strange with the temporary folder on OSX
> 
> I have an iBook running OSX 10.2.6 and Rev 2.0.1
> 
> On this computer, the specialFolderPath("Temporary") command returns
> "/private/tmp/502/Temporary Items"
> Notice that the Rev documentation doesn't say temporary folder is
> available on OSX.
> 
> Also, I have an iMac with OSX 10.2.6 and Rev 2.0.1
> 
> But on this other computer, specialFolderPath("Temporary") returns
> empty.
> I checked the disk - with the help of FileBuddy as the temporary folder
> is invisible - and found the path "/private/tmp/501".
> I created the "Temporary Items" folder, and then
> specialFolderPath("Temporary") returns "/private/tmp/501/Temporary
> Items"
> Looks good.
> Unfortunately, when I restart the system, the "Temporary Items" folder
> is deleted.
> 
> At this stage, I would like to know what is correct: should
> specialFolderPath("Temporary") returns a path or not ?
> 
> Please, could someone check on his own computer and let me know what
> does return specialFolderPath("Temporary") ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Thierry Arbellot 
> 
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