Re: Finding the disk name

[Sarah]

In the newer version of Revolution, running under OS X, when I get a
file name (say from answer file), I get something like this:
/Users/sarah/Documents/FolderName/Filename.txt
This is fine and Rev reads such a file perfectly. The problem arises
when I want to pass a filename to an AppleScript, which requires a 
full
path including the disk name, in this form:
Sarah HD:Users:sarah:Documents:FolderName:Filename.txt
Perhaps using POSIX file in your AppleScript what you need.  An 
example:

set myPath to "/Users/trevordevore/desktop/"
set myPath to POSIX file myPath
display dialog newPath
This would display "Macintosh HD:Users:trevordevore:Desktop:

Would this solve your problem?

Thanks Trevor,

That nearly worked :-) Here is the function I came up with to translate 
a Rev file path to an AppleScript path:

function filePathToAppleScript pFile
  put "set tFilePath to *file*" & cr & "set tAS to POSIX file 
tFilePath" \
      & cr & "return tAS" & cr into tScript
  replace "*file*" with quote & pFile & quote in tScript
  do tScript as Applescript
  put the result into tASfile
  delete word 1 of tASfile  -- file
  delete char 1 of tASfile  -- quote
  delete char -1 of tASfile -- quote

  return tASfile
end filePathToAppleScript
Cheers,
Sarah
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