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Re: File-path format for 'run' operator

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From: jdaw1
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:47
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> I tried a few things on my wife's Mac and found that you need to start a
> file name with something like "%os%/Users/tammy" but the Preview app
> appeared to only see files in /Users/tammy/Library/Fonts.

Please, is the "os" in that a variable name (in which case replaced
with what?), or a literal? My semi-automated variant tester has no joy
with any of:

%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
.%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
/%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~/%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
./%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
../%os%/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
.Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
./Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
../Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
.JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
./JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
../JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
.Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
./Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
../Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
.programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
~/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
./programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
../programming/PostScript/whatever.ps
PostScript/whatever.ps
~PostScript/whatever.ps
.PostScript/whatever.ps
/PostScript/whatever.ps
~/PostScript/whatever.ps
./PostScript/whatever.ps
../PostScript/whatever.ps
whatever.ps
~whatever.ps
.whatever.ps
/whatever.ps
~/whatever.ps
./whatever.ps
../whatever.ps

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From: jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: File-path format for 'run' operator
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