can I use a relative address to point to a file?

[Joe Hewitt]

When using good old Windows, the USB drive gets assigned a different letter at Windows whim. Is there any way to link to a file on the USB stick without regard to the drive letter?  We used to call it a relative address.

Thanks for your generous help on this list,
Joe

[Morris Gray]

Joe,

Here is a good tip on cutting down on the confusion when using USB
drives by assigning them to a folder.

http://tinyurl.com/3dj9b8

Morris Gray
http://twhelp.tiddlyspot.com
A TiddlyWiki help file for beginners

[Lyall]

If you are looking for javascript examples which handle relative
references to files, you may like to look in the
LaunchApplicationPlugin

Located at http://www.remotely-helpful.com/TiddlyWiki/LaunchApplication.html

This allows you to launch applications on your key with a button in
TiddlyWiki. You specify the application using relative pathnames and
the javascript figures out the fully qualified pathname so the
security requirements are met.

If you where asking about simply referring to files using relative
paths, yep, use ../directory/file or ./directory/file etc.

...Lyall

On May 29, 9:52 am, Morris Gray <msg...@symbex.net.au> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Here is a good tip on cutting down on the confusion when using USB
> drives by assigning them to a folder.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3dj9b8
>

> Morris Grayhttp://twhelp.tiddlyspot.com

[Michael.Tarnowski]

Morris
please post the long-form of the URL since my firewall blocks the
tinyurl-service.
Cheers Michael

On May 29, 2:52 am, Morris Gray <msg...@symbex.net.au> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Here is a good tip on cutting down on the confusion when using USB
> drives by assigning them to a folder.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3dj9b8
>

> Morris Grayhttp://twhelp.tiddlyspot.com

[FND]

> please post the long-form of the URL since my firewall blocks the
> tinyurl-service.

Here you go:
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/28/assign-usb-drives-to-a-folder/

That's one more argument for this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/t/329677d4a845de63

-- F.

[Chris W]

On Jun 3, 6:50 am, FND <F...@gmx.net> wrote:
> That's one more argument for this thread:
> http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/t/329677d4a845de63

TinyURLs like http://preview.tinyurl.com/3dj9b8 give the user a chance
to preview the redirection or, as a TinyURL user you can opt to have
all TinyURLs previewed this way (cookie required) by selecting it on
the preview page.