"Joseph J. Strout" <joe at strout dot net> wrote:
>> I started using shellpath because 1. It's supposedly more accurate > > Says who? > >> and 2. It isn't truncating my filenames to 31 characters. > > Neither is AbsolutePath, if you're using a recent release of REALbasic -- but > of course, you really shouldn't be using paths at all. > > Can you explain why you think paths are necessary in your case? Perhaps > there's another way to approach it. > > Best, > - Joe > Hi, Joe-- I¹m using 5.5.5. I¹m using the paths, both in string manipulations, and to find and copy the files throughout the app. It is uploaded to my site: http://dhnet.us/coompare/Compare_Volumes.rb.sit if you want to see where the paths are used. I specifically went to the use of the shellpath after getting the filename truncation issue, where any files I copied with over 31 characters in their names were being truncated ala OS 9. I would have preferred AbsolutePath, and had to do quite a bit of string manipulation to get around using it, using shellpath instead. I¹m pretty sure I read somewhere a warning saying not to use Absolutepath because Mac¹s allow volumes and folders to be named the same thing...? All My Best, Jeffrey _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
