Can you create a java.io.File object with the path, and get any attributes
(like it's size)?  What does getCanonicalPath() return?

You on windows, or your Mac?  If you're on windows, you could manually
conver the directories to the progra~1 style, and then use that.

Cheers,
barneyb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:19 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Create Links Symlinks with CFMX/Java
>
> On Jun 29, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Mark Drew wrote:
>
> > I am not sure if this would work (as I am not sure what
> precicely you
> >  are trying to achieve) but would CF mappings help in this case?
>
> I don't think mappings are the answer.
>
> Here's an example of the specific problem -- I want to serve an .mp3
> (could be a .mov) file from Apples iTunes directory
> sub-structure which
> might look as follows:
>
> --artist
> ----album
> -------track (song) name
>
> or
>
> --Willie Nelson & Ray Charles
> ----unKnown Album
> ------Seven Spanish Angels.mp3
>
> AFAIK, these fields can contain any valid character except colon (:)
>
> Now, I get the path to the tracks by parsing an XML file
> which yields a
> path:
>
> ..../iTunes Music/Willie Nelson & Ray Charles/unKnown Album/Seven
> Spanish Angels.mp3
>
> If I try to serve this with CFContent :
>
> <cfcontent type = "audio/mp3"
> file=#FilePath#
> deleteFile = "No">
>
> CFMX can't find the file -- it barfs on the & -- and I don't know how
> to escape it
>
> I suppose I could use a mapping and cflocation, but that exposes my
> file/directory structure.
>
> Dick
>
> "In times like these, it helps to recall that
> there have always been times like these."
> - Paul Harvey -
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