text file parsing - path as STRING.

[gizM]

hi folks.

i'm doing a simulation, so something seems to be inconventional, don't ask 😉.
the following prob upsets me. could anybody help, pleeeeez?

first step:
i like to PARSE an ASCII file. it workes fine and without any failure, when including the path and filename as a variable into the script:

$parsefile=log/camtrack

.

now i wish to select a special ASCII file from a network drive like:

t:\trackfiles\camtrack01

with my form (JS) i'm choosing a file, the input tag gives it a name like parsefile. but from there on, i have no idea, how to move on. i think, i have to change the local path into an URL, like

file:///t|/trackfiles/camtrack

but i don't know how.
the other thing is, that i NEED the original path (t:\trackfiles...) as a string, it is for further use in my simulation.

second step:
i also need a hint for the following: imagine a file sequence of images:

t:\images\tga001.tga - t:\images\tga080.tga

how can i automatically transform the original filepath of EVERY file in this sequence into a useful (clickable) URL and a string, with expresses the path correctly. maybe increment of the counting part of $basename should work.

any ideas?

millions of thanx
gizM