It appears that Folder.pathname outputs both dir and file, making it same as

this.patcher.filepath. Could this be a bug in Max5 (5.0.5 (36470) on WinXP;

    //the following is absolute path + filename as expected

    post("filepath = " + p.filepath + "n");

    //now the following is the same as p.filepath but...

    //judging from its name it should be only the path, no?

    post("pathname = " + f.pathname + "n");

    //so to get the path one has to do the following:

Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio

It appears that Folder.pathname outputs both dir and file, making it same as
this.patcher.filepath. Could this be a bug in Max5 (5.0.5 (36470) on WinXP;
haven't tried yet OSX)?

	//the following is absolute path + filename as expected
	post("filepath = " + p.filepath + "n");

	//now the following is the same as p.filepath but...
	//judging from its name it should be only the path, no?
	post("pathname = " + f.pathname + "n");

	//so to get the path one has to do the following:
    	var tmp = p.filepath;
    	var n = tmp.lastIndexOf('/');
    	var dir = tmp.substring(0,n+1);
	post("pathname = " + dir + "n");
}

Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico@vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/

folder-pathname-bug

Just to confirm the same is the case on OSX, so it may not be a bug after

all. Yet, the "path" method available in the thispatcher object appears to

be inaccessible for this.patcher. So apparently the only way to get to the

directory (minus the filename) is the script below. Seems kinda redundant to

have no way to getting a directory by itself while having two different ways

> From: javascript-dev-bounces@cycling74.com [mailto:javascript-dev-

> bounces@cycling74.com] On Behalf Of Ivica Ico Bukvic

> Subject: [javascript-dev] Folder.pathname bug?

> It appears that Folder.pathname outputs both dir and file, making it same

> this.patcher.filepath. Could this be a bug in Max5 (5.0.5 (36470) on

>     //the following is absolute path + filename as expected

>     post("filepath = " + p.filepath + "n");

>     var f = new Folder(p.filepath);

>     //now the following is the same as p.filepath but...

>     //judging from its name it should be only the path, no?

>     post("pathname = " + f.pathname + "n");

>     //so to get the path one has to do the following:

>     var dir = tmp.substring(0,n+1);

>     post("pathname = " + dir + "n");

> Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio

Just to confirm the same is the case on OSX, so it may not be a bug after
all. Yet, the "path" method available in the thispatcher object appears to
be inaccessible for this.patcher. So apparently the only way to get to the
directory (minus the filename) is the script below. Seems kinda redundant to
have no way to getting a directory by itself while having two different ways
of getting both folder and file, no?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: javascript-dev-bounces@cycling74.com [mailto:javascript-dev-
> bounces@cycling74.com] On Behalf Of Ivica Ico Bukvic
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:21 AM
> Subject: [javascript-dev] Folder.pathname bug?
>
> It appears that Folder.pathname outputs both dir and file, making it same
> as
> this.patcher.filepath. Could this be a bug in Max5 (5.0.5 (36470) on
> WinXP;
> haven't tried yet OSX)?
>
> Try:
>
> function bang() {
> 	var p = this.patcher;
>
> 	//the following is absolute path + filename as expected
> 	post("filepath = " + p.filepath + "n");
>
> 	var f = new Folder(p.filepath);
>
> 	//now the following is the same as p.filepath but...
> 	//judging from its name it should be only the path, no?
> 	post("pathname = " + f.pathname + "n");
>
> 	//so to get the path one has to do the following:
>     	var tmp = p.filepath;
>     	var n = tmp.lastIndexOf('/');
>     	var dir = tmp.substring(0,n+1);
> 	post("pathname = " + dir + "n");
> }
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
> Composition, Music Technology
> Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
> Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
> CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
> Virginia Tech
> Dept. of Music - 0240
> Blacksburg, VA 24061
> (540) 231-6139
> (540) 231-5034 (fax)
> ico@vt.edu
> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
>
>
