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

[Mike Matthews - Omnis]

Nope, it came from Omnis support, they made me an xComp to get certain machine info so that we could use MTD and report the values to HMRC.

Andy uses MTD object from me, and it should give him what he needs.

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On 7 Jul 2022, at 08:51, Phil (OmnisList) <phil at pgpotter.co.uk<mailto:phil at pgpotter.co.uk>> wrote:

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,

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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