File name of stack weirdness

Sarah Reichelt sarahr at genesearch.com.au
Tue Jun 7 19:56:26 EDT 2005


> If I do:  "get the filename of this stack" on my G5(Tiger) it  
> returns "/Volumes/Starfish Internal 250/Scripter/filename test/ 
> filename test.app/Contents/MacOS/filename test"  i.e. the full path.
>
> If I run it on G3 laptop(Panther) it returns "/filename test.app/ 
> Contents/MacOS/filename test"
> (whereas to be consistent, it should have returned /Volumes/ 
> Powerbook HD/filename test.app/Contents/MacOS/filename test")
>
> This is a big problem for me as I need to pass the path information  
> to a text file to be read by another (SC) application.

I would guess that on your laptop, you are using the boot drive, but  
on your G5, you are used another drive, not the boot drive. Rev  
always adds the "/Volumes/DriveName" prefix to anything other than  
the boot drive.

Cheers,
Sarah



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