GetPathOverrideFor

GetPathOverrideFor(string:path type, string:path) : string

Brief:

Returns the path of the desired directory.

Paramiters:

Name	Type	Description	Optional
Path Type	string	Name of desired directory, e.g. "backups", "shows", "lib_plugins", ...
Path	string	either the root of an external or internal drive or an empty string for the root of the console

Returns:

Type | Description string | Returns a path to the selected resource.

Examples:

local backups = GetPathOverrideFor("backups","")
Echo(backups)
-- Windows: C:\ProgramData\MALightingTechnology\gma3_1.1.4\shared\backups
-- Console: /home/ma/MALightingTechnology/gma3_1.1.4/shared/backups

-- grab a list of connected drives
local options = {}  -- popup options
local drives = Root().Temp.DriveCollect -- list of attached drives
for i = 1, drives.count , 1 do -- add each drive to the options table
    table.insert(options, string.format("%s (%s)", drives[i].name, drives[i].DriveType))   
end

local selectedDrive = PopupInput("Select a disk", display_handle, options)
-- if the user cancled then exit the plugin
if selectedDrive == nil then
    return
end

-- grab the export path for the selected drive
local exportPath = GetPathOverrideFor("export", drives[selectedDrive + 1].path)
Echo(exportPath)