OS X - path?
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- graphito
how to find the path (route from the filesystem) to a file?
- tymeframe0
uh command+f ?
- graphito0
ok i know that, but there is no "real" file location, like for example in windows: C:\xxx\jhg.exe
- Elfangio0
I think u must use the terminal, unix commands and _root password...
- ribit0
You can get a contextual menu add-in to generate the path to the clipboard... see Version Tracker
If you just want to see the path hierarchcy, Cmd-click on the Window title
- ribit0
If you just drag a file or folder onto the open Terminal Window it shows the path on the command line as well.
- Elfangio0
Hey ribit,
Nice tipp dude ;)
thanks I didn't know that one "drag the folder into the terminal"
I love OS X
Hasta
- devaur0
you can drag a folder into the terminal?
Thats so f#*ing cool!
- graphito0
ribit - THANKX !
- ribit0
The guys who write the Mac Help must be so pissed off that nobody uses it.... If you go to Mac Help and search for 'path'...the tip is there.
- ribit0
of course I found it out by chance somewhere else too...
- graphito0
lol, its so hard. but i'm on osx since 10.2 and nerver used something with paths :-) thats nice ...
- Elfangio0
Well I only use paths in my site links, and normally i use my apache server, so the path is always the same, never had to use help for that! :D
- industry730
the easiest way would be to open up the terminal, then drage your file onto it. it will give you the path
- 5ub5t80
As someone mentioned above, there is an excellent extension that puts a 'copy path' option into your contextual menu. The best one is called 'CopyPath' (imaginative!), and is completely free and totally essential working in a PC office environment.
For those of y'all too lazy to go looking for it, here it is:
- graphito0
5ub5t8 - cool, that's much better if you dont want to use the terminal. thankx.
i like this plug-in stuff for macs ;-)