Tech Tip: How to convert an HFS path to POSIX in 4D code?

PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 2004 | PLATFORM: Mac OS X

Published On: February 20, 2008

Here is a small bit of 4D code that can be used to convert a Mac OS X HFS path to a POSIX path. For example, it will convert:

Mac HD:User:MyUserName:Library

To:

/Volumes/Mac HD/User/MyUserName/Library

Here is the code:

C_TEXT($1;$original)
C_TEXT($0;$converted)

$original:=$1

$original:=Replace string($original;":";"/")
$original:=Replace string($original;" ";"\\ ")
$converted:="/Volumes/"+$original

$0:=$converted