RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Slava Paperno
This will, of course, give you the path to the drive where your movie is installed. If your movie is running on a CD-ROM, or on a different hard drive, the moviePath will not be helpful. An Xtra called Buddy API has a function called DiskList that will return a list of all drives, including

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Al Hospers
can't you use getOSDirectory() and parse it appropriately? the OS is usually on the user's hard drive. grin Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. alatcambersoftdotcom http://www.cambersoft.com A famous linguist once said: There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. YEAH, RIGHT

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
Would getOSDirectory work? I think that's provided by FileIO. It returns the path to the System Folder. That would give you the HDs name. That would give you one hard drive's name. The app might not be installed on the same hard drive as the system, though. I'm not sure what your objection

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Al Hospers
Kerry said: That would give you one hard drive's name. The app might not be installed on the same hard drive as the system, though. whether or not the app is installed on the same hard drive is irrelevant. the getOSDireectory() returns the path to the system folder which is on the primary

RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Kerry Thompson
whether or not the app is installed on the same hard drive is irrelevant. the getOSDireectory() returns the path to the system folder which is on the primary hard drive on the user's system. by parsing that you will get the name, or letter if on an Inter system, of that hard drive. Now I don't

Re: RE: lingo-l referring to the hard drive on a Mac

2001-07-23 Thread Kurt Griffin
whether or not the app is installed on the same hard drive is irrelevant. the getOSDireectory() returns the path to the system folder which is on the primary hard drive on the user's system. by parsing that you will get the name, or letter if on an Inter system, of that hard drive. Now I