File-path format for 'run' operator

jdaw1

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Sep 21, 2009, 3:33:43 AM9/21/09

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For the first time since upgrading to Mac OS X, I need to use the
PostScript run operator. But run just can't find the file. Please, how
should I write the path for a file located at:
HD_JDAW/Users/JDAW/Documents/programming/PostScript/whatever.ps?

Many variations of ".", "/" and "~" have been tested, all to no
effect. Please, for Adobe Distiller 8.1.3 (23/10/2006), how should
this path be written?

Jeffrey H. Coffield

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Sep 21, 2009, 12:00:45 PM9/21/09

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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.

Jeff Coffield

jdaw1

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Sep 21, 2009, 3:47:54 PM9/21/09

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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

GoodPathsNum = 0
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Jeffrey H. Coffield

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Sep 21, 2009, 5:45:21 PM9/21/09

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jdaw1 wrote:
>> 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

The "%os%" is a literal. See section 3.8.2 in the PostScript Language
Reference Manual.

I used (%os%/Users/Tammy/*) as a template in filenameforall but it
only showed files like %os%/Users/tammy/Library/Fonts/xys.TTF so the Mac
may be limiting what files are allowed to be "run". I don't have
Ghostscript installed there so it's just the Preview app that will
convert a ps to a pdf to display it.

Jeff

Helge Blischke

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Jan 10, 2010, 9:25:27 AM1/10/10

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jdaw1 wrote:

If the issue is still open, try to prepend "/Volumes/" to your path unless
HD_JDAW is your boot disk.

Helge