How to call a variable file path in javascript

[Guest]

Hi,

My objective is to capture a file path on mac and windows. However, this file path gets changed with various users.

For example the path is:

c:\user\username\AppData\Local\Temp\myfolder------> this is for windows machine

/users/username/Library/Application Support/tempfolder/Temporary Files/-------> this is for mac machine

As you can see, the path will be same for all the machines. Only the difference will be in searching the user and username at the start of file path. Rest folders will remain same on all the machines.

Is there any grep pattern through which I can call this complete path in a variable for all the users.

Any help will be appreciated.

Regards,

Abhi

[Jump_Over]

Hi,

You are able to check OS:

var currOS = $.os;

regarding to value of this string you can switch to various paths

Jarek

[Guest]

Thanks Jerek!!!

Regards,

Abhishek

[Kasyan Servetsky]

You can do this like so (independently of the platform and user name):

var tempFolder = Folder.temp;

var myDocumentsFolder = Folder.myDocuments;

var desktopFolder = Folder.desktop;

You can get the full list of all available folders on page 56 ("Folder class properties" section) in "JavaScript Tools Guide"

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply!

I will check the points as you mentioned.

Regards,

Abhishek

[Sumit_Garg]

If you want default user path you can simply use "~" character.

"~/AppData/Local/Temp/myfolder" same as  "c:\user\username\AppData\Local\Temp\myfolder"

"~/Library/Application Support/tempfolder/Temporary Files/" is same  as "/users/username/Library/Application Support/tempfolder/Temporary Files/"

"~" is interpreted as path to default user directory on Mac and Windows both.