Find Window file path utility

Hi All!
I have used a nifty utility or extension or preference that displays the full directory path at the bottom of the finder window. I'd like to make this happen in Lion.
Anyone know the secret?
Thanks,
Greg

Charlie,
You are a genius. There are som many moving parts to Lion that sometimes it's hard to remember where exactly to look.
I feel like an idiot, but I appreciate the help.
Thanks.
Greg

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Regards
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As I have tried a few times, the windows file path
separator (\) character is not directly compatible
with the way java works.It is.
So if I have to create
File file = new File("C:\temp");
the file won't work, I need to append the escape
sequence \ also like,
File file = new File("C:\\temp");Yes. Because it's a String literal, and that's how String literals handle backslashes.
What I wanted to know is there any java utility
classes provided by JDK to convert this kind of file
path to directly File objects?There is nothing to convert. You don't have to provide the double backslash as input. '\\' is one single char.
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Finder Window & File Sharing

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Thanks for replying to my post.
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I miss that.

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Sephecles wrote:
When searching my HD, I cannot find the location of the files. I used to be able to hold the mouse over the file in the search box and it would show the location. How do I do this in Lion? It does find the file, but I would like to alos see where I put it! Call me old school! Thanks in advance for any help.
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How to get file path?

Hi all,
I have a tcode ysd_gr. When I execute it, it has one select option & I entered the values as *.csv. It gave 6 csv files(only file names) & I want to retreive data from one file.
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Thanks in advance,
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Go to t-code AL11 and give the path name excluding the file name:
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Reward if helpful.
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and what is it otherwise that you couldn'get what you needed
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    move '000' to s_docdata-DOCUMENTPART.
    move it_dms_import-zapplic to s_docdata-WSAPPLICATION1.
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   CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_DOCUMENT_CREATE'
      EXPORTING
        documentdata               = s_docdata
*       HOSTNAME                   = ' '
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*       DOCTYPE                    =
        DOCNUMBER                  = docnr
*       DOCPART                    =
*       DOCVERSION                 =
        RETURN                     = foutcodes
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        CHARACTERISTICVALUES       = t_kenmerk
        CLASSALLOCATIONS           = t_classalloc
*       DOCUMENTDESCRIPTIONS       =
*       OBJECTLINKS                = t_equipment
*       DOCUMENTSTRUCTURE          =
        DOCUMENTFILES              = t_bestand "ADS 24102005 uitsluiten ivm import calcs
*       LONGTEXTS                  =
endloop.
kind regards
arthur
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Sorting the view using the file path.

I would like to be able to sort my music library using the full file path (directory name) as this sorts it in the way I have setup my files.

Unfortunately you can only sort using columns that iTunes will display in the browser window; file path is not one of those.
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