UNIX style paths on Mac OS X

The javadoc for com.adobe.ids.links.LinkOperations.getFilePath() says "Returns: The file path (colon delimited on the Mac OS). (String or File)". This means that when running on OS X I get paths like "Macintosh HD:Users:francis:Code:Bright:bluebooks:trunk:testdata:glacier.jpg", which aren't very useful when working in Java because they aren't what the Java APIs expect. For example, new java.io.File(link.getFilePath()).getName() won't work because java.io.File expects UNIX style (slash-delimited) file paths.
Is there any way of getting the linked file path as a UNIX path? Or is there a method in the InDesign API that will convert colon-delimited paths to UNIX-style paths?
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Francis

yeah, this is interesting.... I'm actually connected to our university with VPN now and I wonder what the path would be for that sort of "generic" dfs folder - i'm experimenting...
It does make it look like it's possible...however I keep reading that mac os x's samba doesn't recognize dfs paths.
I've been able to bind the computers to Active Directory - that's not an issue and SMB is checked - but the dfs paths return an error - I can connect using the old UNC path - but that's not where the drives actually are/will be anymore.

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