O$ : getting the local computers hard drive name under OSX

[Mike Matthews - Omnis]

Andy,

The MTD xComp for v10.2 will give you this info, and more.

Mike Matthews

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On 6 Jul 2022, at 15:21, Nick Renders <omnis1 at arcict.com<mailto:omnis1 at arcict.com>> wrote:

I know it's 12 years overdue, but here is an easy way to get the Startup Volume without AppleScript:

Do FileOps.$convertposixpathtohfspath("/",#S1)

I haven't tested it with Open Directory, but I think it should work.
Not sure if that command existed back in 2010, though ;-)

Nick Renders


On 13 Sep 2010, at 15:54, Andy Hilton wrote:

Does anyone know of any variable (a getenv perhaps ?) which will let me determine the local computers main drive name ?

I'm having an issue under OSX where Open Directory is being used and the number of locations where a user can create a temporary file locally becomes quite limited.....

I have discovered that <Main Drive Name>:users:shared is typically ok for writing files into so I'm trying to automate a way to locate that path name !

Anyone any bright ideas ?

I can't realistically use any of the Omnis paths as the app may be being run from a remote volume.....
I can't use the users Home location as under Open Directory it is likely to be remote as well !

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