Creating local path from path with ':' seperators

[Patrick Stadelmann]

In article <vk9s3ppgj1g59@corp.supernews.com>,
"Harpstein" <mharp@seapine.com> wrote:

> heya,
>
> I've got a path like "Mac HD:Users:harpstein:"

This can be converted to a FSSpec using FSMakeFSSpec.
The FSSpec can be converted to a FSRef using FSpMakeFSRef

> and I want to convert it to the real path of "/Users/harpstein"
>
>
> I've found the FileManager routine FSRefMakePath, but can't figure out how
> to create the FSRef from the path I have.
>
> Any examples would be greatly appreciated.

Patrick
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Patrick Stadelmann <Patrick.Stadelmann@unine.ch>

[Frederick Cheung]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Patrick Stadelmann wrote:

> In article <vk9s3ppgj1g59@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Harpstein" <mharp@seapine.com> wrote:
>

> > heya,
> >
> > I've got a path like "Mac HD:Users:harpstein:"

>
> This can be converted to a FSSpec using FSMakeFSSpec.

Only if the path length is less than 255 characters.

Fred

> The FSSpec can be converted to a FSRef using FSpMakeFSRef

>

> > and I want to convert it to the real path of "/Users/harpstein"
> >
> >
> > I've found the FileManager routine FSRefMakePath, but can't figure out how
> > to create the FSRef from the path I have.
> >
> > Any examples would be greatly appreciated.

>
> Patrick
> --
> Patrick Stadelmann <Patrick.Stadelmann@unine.ch>
>