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How to send someone a file path?

Hello:

Is there a way to send someone a finder link to a file on a shared server? For example, I'd like to be able to send the path of a document in the "Proposals" folder on a certain share of our corporate Xserve. Is there something I could send him like afp://Xserve/Share/Folder/Filename.doc that the recipient could click and the Finder would open the window to that file? Thanks very much.

Corey Miller

MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 30, 2009 12:32 PM

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Mar 30, 2009 2:02 PM in response to BDAqua

These links would be local, within our office on a Bonjour/AppleTalk network. The individuals have access to the server; their computers mount certain shares on startup. Everyone sharing these documents uses a Mac. The .doc files are not large, but we may use them for Indesign or Photoshop files as well.

Some of my coworkers aren't super-sophisticated and they tend to email files to each other instead of knowing how to go find them on the server. Right now I tend to say "it's here: Shared Volume > Folder > Folder > Filename.doc" in emails and IM, but I'd prefer to send a link that would open to that folder.

How to send someone a file path?

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