MarsNielson

Create a workflow, trigger it with a keyword that requires an argument, connect it to run a script, choose Ruby as the script language, and paste this in:

 

path = "{query}"
unc = ""

if (path.start_with?('smb:'))
	# smb://NetworkDrive.corp.YYYY.com/Files/Folder/Folder

	parts = path.split('//') 			# ["smb:", "NetworkDrive.corp.YYYY.com/Files/Folder/Folder"]
	path_parts = parts[1].split('/') 		# ["NetworkDrive.corp.YYYY.com", "Files", "Folder", "Folder"]
	server_parts = path_parts[0].split('.')         # ["NetworkDrive", "corp", "YYYY", "com"]
	unc = "\\\\#{server_parts[0]}\\#{path_parts[1..-1].join('\\')}"
else
	# afp://NetworkDrive/Folder/Folder/

	parts = path.split('//') 			# ["afp:", "NetworkDrive/Folder/Folder"]
	path_parts = parts[1].split('/') 		# ["NetworkDrive", "Files", "Folder", "Folder"]
	unc = "\\\\#{path_parts.join('\\')}"
end

puts unc

 

Then connect a copy to clipboard output (or large type or whatever else you like) to the script.

That seemed to do the trick.

Thanks for helping me out.

Local or network? Example? Convert X to Y?

Network.

Convert this:

smb://NetworkDrive.corp.YYYY.com/Files/Folder/Folder

To this:

\\NetworkDrive\files\Folder\Folder

- and - 

Convert this:

afp://NetworkDrive/Folder/Folder/

To this:

\\NetworkDrive\Folder\Folder\

+1 for a workflow that would solve this

I work on a Mac in a Windows dominated work place and often have to send links to files and folders on network drives to other users using Windows PC.

Is there any way to create a workflow that copies the path to the folder and magically transforms it into a link that a Windows based user can click on?