hyperlink to file on local server?

marelialignandpull

It is a bit long... changing all the spaces to %20 manually so i will only use this when really necessary (although I love my hyperlinks...).

You could try crafting an Applications -> Automator workflow app to do all the work for you. Something like:

You will need to modify the 'share' variable and 'echo' command to suit your needs for what your hyperlink should look like

Save this as an application

Then you can drag and drop files on top of the app you created, and it should load the clipboard with something like

afp://myMacName/myShareName/path/to/the/file

and ALL spaces will be replaced with %20

I'm sure you will need to play with this just a bit to get it the way you want it.

Everything in the 'echo' command can be changed, except maybe the ${f//\ /%20} which is the magic that turns your file path spaces into %20.

But the 'afp' can be changed. The :// can be changed. The ${host} can be changed (although this should give you your Mac's network hostname). The ${share} can be changed by changing the 'share=' above, or if you do not need a share name, remove it.

Didn't work for me, as the spaces in the folder & file names break the link. And when i try to enter this link as a hyperlink, it won't let me due to the spaces already mentioned. I would rename everything to test it but its a large server with many users so i'd rather not mess with it to be considerate with my colleagues.

i wish there was a way!

marelialignandpull wrote:

Didn't work for me, as the spaces in the folder & file names break the link. And when i try to enter this link as a hyperlink, it won't let me due to the spaces already mentioned. I would rename everything to test it but its a large server with many users so i'd rather not mess with it to be considerate with my colleagues.

i wish there was a way!

As an experiment, try replacing spaces with

%20

which is what URL's do to handle spaces in web links

Not sure if it will work, but as an experiment, it is worth a try

YES! worked! yippi-kay-yayyyy.. just need to ensure whoever i'm sending it to has access to the server and has logged in.

It is a bit long... changing all the spaces to %20 manually so i will only use this when really necessary (although I love my hyperlinks...).

Thank you,

I had a look and made it all the way to the 'Run Shell Script' box, but unfortunately this is too complicated for me (im a new mac user and don't have much it skills...). I'm not sure what im looking at...

Thanks anyways, hopefully someone else can use this info 🙂

Network shares are mounted locally, so there isn't a path to send.

You can create the path yourself if you know where the server is located.

smb://server/share/path/to/file.

afp://server/share/path/to/file.

Get Info has the server path.

Thank you, Barney-15E! 🙂

That worked well (Right-clicked > Get Info > copied server pathway > clicked Insert a Hyperlink in my email message > pasted server pathway as Link, and gave it a name in Text.
Perfect!

I'm surprised Sam Beaver didn't thank you themself.... 😕