how do you get the evaluated value of a system variable rather than the literal text value in the case of a system variable like $HOME?

[Mark Smith]

To get the result you want, it would be

set the itemDelimiter to "/"
get item 2 to 4 of ($HOME & "/Aplications")

Simply putting $HOME in brackets will get it evaluated.

OTOH, you could also use the specialFolderPath function:

get specialFolderPath("Applications")


Best,

Mark Smith

On 1 Jul 2006, at 01:46, Josh Mellicker wrote:

> Sorry if this has been answered many times, I couldn't find it.
>
> My noob brain is twisted...
>
>
>
> Let's say a stored destination file path is:
>
> $HOME,/Applications/
>
> But if you say:
>
> item 1 of tFilePath & item 2 of tFilePath, instead of what you want:
>
> /Users/Eggbert/Applications
>
> you get literally:
>
> "$HOME/Applications"
>
>
>
> --
>
> I know you could make a series of case statements:
>
> case item 1 of tFilePath = "$HOME" then put $HOME & item 2 of  
> tFilePath into tFilePath
>
> and cover all the other specialFolders and other possibilities, but  
> that is lame, right?
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