Backslash problem on Mac

[juanferman]

Hey Guys,

I'm having a hard time trying to get the file name from a Mac Path like C:\\foo\folder\dork.txt

I have a file upload button that onchange event takes the path and extracts the file name. Then it puts the file name in a free text filed in order to allow the user to tell what file name he wants before upload the file or if he wants just to leave the original name.

Sounds easy, actually works pretty good on PC but when trying to implement it on Mac does not work.

On PC I'm getting the value of the file upload button and splitting the path by "/". But on Mac the path has already a "\".

Any help will be really appreciate.

Thanks



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: Juan F. Sarria

 

[kaht]

Maybe try replacing all \ with / before doing the split?

str = "C:\\foo\folder\dork.txt";
str = str.replace(/\\/g, "/");
str = str.split("/");

-kaht

How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?

 

[juanferman]

Yea, I tried that before the posting.

Once you declare the variable

str = "C:\\foo\folder\dork.txt";

the "\" is escaping the string "\\", "\f" and "\d"

Just try

str = "C:\\foo\folder\dork.txt";
alert(str)

and you will see what I'm talking about.

Thanks


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: Juan F. Sarria

 

[kaht]

Hmm... good question. Wish I had a mac to work out the solution on. Any chance you're extracting the location server side? Then you could pad the string with backslashes before the variable is defined.

-kaht

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