https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201476#M27117 <BLOCKQUOTE>Joachim wrote:<BR />Can anybody tell me the correct syntax of the fullpath keyword for MAC OS 10.5 for the GDL DATA and TEXT ADDON (as I am new on MAC):<BR /> "Users/joe/Documents/Bauten/GDL/name.txt" <BR /> does not work.</BLOCKQUOTE> I have not experimented to see what path formats the add-on wants to see, but the Mac uses at least two formats. The one you show above is a Posix/Unix one - but is missing the initial "/" to indicate that Users is a root folder of the active/boot drive. (There is a unix way to address other disk drives, too.)<BR /> <BR /> There is also this type of path:<BR /> <BR /> Macintosh HD:Users:joe:Documents:Bauten:GDL:name.txt<BR /> <BR /> where "Macintosh HD" is the name of the drive that you are referencing.<BR /> <BR /> I've seen some kinds of combinations of the two.<BR /> <BR /> No experience here - but you might try either the extra "/" or the ":" method and see if one works?<BR /> <BR /> Cheers,<BR /> Karl<BR /> <BR /> PS here is another illustration from the AppleScript help file:<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>POSIX path of file "HD:Users:me:Documents:Welcome.txt"<BR /> -- result: "/Users/me/Documents/Welcome.txt" </BLOCKQUOTE> PPS The syntax used in the Options &gt; Work Enironment &gt; Special Folders is most likely what the GDL add-on uses - and that is the Mac-style ":" path. (I find this really annoying because it forces your hard drive name to be part of the path - and if you change the disk name, the paths no longer work...a problem if you clone your OS onto multiple partitions: stuff will not work correctly on the clone as there is no concept of 'active drive', only the hard-coded disk name.) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:39:25 GMT Karl Ottenstein 2008-10-29T17:39:25Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201475#M27116 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Can anybody tell me the correct syntax of the fullpath keyword for MAC OS 10.5 for the GDL DATA and TEXT ADDON (as I am new on MAC):<BR /> "Users/joe/Documents/Bauten/GDL/name.txt" <BR /> does not work.</T></DIV> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:56:04 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201475#M27116 Jochen Suehlo 2008-10-29T16:56:04Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201476#M27117 <BLOCKQUOTE>Joachim wrote:<BR />Can anybody tell me the correct syntax of the fullpath keyword for MAC OS 10.5 for the GDL DATA and TEXT ADDON (as I am new on MAC):<BR /> "Users/joe/Documents/Bauten/GDL/name.txt" <BR /> does not work.</BLOCKQUOTE> I have not experimented to see what path formats the add-on wants to see, but the Mac uses at least two formats. The one you show above is a Posix/Unix one - but is missing the initial "/" to indicate that Users is a root folder of the active/boot drive. (There is a unix way to address other disk drives, too.)<BR /> <BR /> There is also this type of path:<BR /> <BR /> Macintosh HD:Users:joe:Documents:Bauten:GDL:name.txt<BR /> <BR /> where "Macintosh HD" is the name of the drive that you are referencing.<BR /> <BR /> I've seen some kinds of combinations of the two.<BR /> <BR /> No experience here - but you might try either the extra "/" or the ":" method and see if one works?<BR /> <BR /> Cheers,<BR /> Karl<BR /> <BR /> PS here is another illustration from the AppleScript help file:<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>POSIX path of file "HD:Users:me:Documents:Welcome.txt"<BR /> -- result: "/Users/me/Documents/Welcome.txt" </BLOCKQUOTE> PPS The syntax used in the Options &gt; Work Enironment &gt; Special Folders is most likely what the GDL add-on uses - and that is the Mac-style ":" path. (I find this really annoying because it forces your hard drive name to be part of the path - and if you change the disk name, the paths no longer work...a problem if you clone your OS onto multiple partitions: stuff will not work correctly on the clone as there is no concept of 'active drive', only the hard-coded disk name.) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:39:25 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201476#M27117 Karl Ottenstein 2008-10-29T17:39:25Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201477#M27118 Thanks Karl, <PRE>Macintosh HD:Users:joe:Documents:Bauten:GDL:name.txt </PRE> works well and the syntax of the special folder correspondents with it. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:20:31 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Fullpath-on-Mac-OS-10-5-for-GDL-TEXT-Addon/m-p/201477#M27118 Jochen Suehlo 2008-10-29T20:20:31Z