Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!oberon!pollux.usc.edu!kurtzman From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Reading a full pathname in HFS Message-ID: <5567@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 15:58:34 EST Article-I.D.: oberon.5567 Posted: Sat Dec 5 15:58:34 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 09:29:18 EST References: <1062@oakhill.UUCP> Sender: nobody@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 14 Keywords: pathname In article <1062@oakhill.UUCP> jayn@oakhill.UUCP (Jay Norwood) writes: > >Can anyone tell me how to reconstruct the entire pathname of a file that >has been selected with the SFGetFile function? Lets say the file >has a full pathname hd:csource:hello.c. Calling SFGetfile only returns >a string that says "hello.c". Where can I get the rest of the pathname? >Thanks for any help. >Jay Norwood There is a Hypercard XCMD called "filename" that is floating around. The XCMD does exactly what you are asking about. The version I downloaded from a BBS came with the source code. I believe it was part of the HC development kit from APDA. You may be able to simply adapt that code to fulfil your needs.