On Nov 18, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Sven E Olsson wrote:

Just a note...

f = f.child("..")

is the same as f = f.parent !

I have checked LR, but noting about it..

Test:
  dim f as folderitem = DesktopFolder
  f = f.child("..")
  f = f.Child("hello.txt")
  EditField1.Text = f.AbsolutePath

  Result: Macintosh HD:Users:sveneolsson:hello.txt

.. is standard Unix parlance for the parent directory (try cd .. in a Linux or MacOS X shell). And Windows is supposed to be Posix (a kind of standard "basic unix-like" standard) compliant. So I wouldn't be surprised if this worked on Windows, and it should certainly work on OS X and Linux.

Regards,

Guyren G Howe
Relevant Logic LLC

guyren-at-relevantlogic.com ~ http://relevantlogic.com

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