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

[Phil (OmnisList)]

MTD xcomp ?

Is this your own thing Mike?

regards
Phil Potter
Based in Chester in the UK.

On 07/07/2022 08:41, Mike Matthews - Omnis via omnisdev-en wrote:
> Andy,
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> The MTD xComp for v10.2 will give you this info, and more.
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> 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:
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> I know it's 12 years overdue, but here is an easy way to get the Startup Volume without AppleScript:
>
> Do FileOps.$convertposixpathtohfspath("/",#S1)
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> I haven't tested it with Open Directory, but I think it should work.
> Not sure if that command existed back in 2010, though ;-)
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> Nick Renders
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> On 13 Sep 2010, at 15:54, Andy Hilton wrote:
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> 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.....
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> 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 ?
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> 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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