path no longer in use for photos. can get absolute path from file

app/models/photo.rb

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Photo < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def exif_read
-    photo = MiniExiftool.new(self.file.path)
+    photo = MiniExiftool.new(self.file.file.file)
     self.longitude = photo.GPSLongitude if self.longitude.nil?
     self.latitude = photo.GPSLatitude if self.latitude.nil?
     self.title = photo.DocumentName if self.title.nil?
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Photo < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   def exif_write
     # should only write if tags are changed as images can be large and thus ExifTool will take a while to write to the file
-    photo = MiniExiftool.new(self.path.file)
+    photo = MiniExiftool.new(self.file.file.file)
     photo.GPSLongitude = self.longitude
     photo.GPSLatitude = self.latitude
     photo.DocumentName = self.title

app/views/photos/_form.html.erb

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 <%= form.label :description %><br />
 <%= form.text_area :description %><br />
 <br/>
-<p>On disk: ~/<%= @photo.path %></p>
+<p>On disk: ~/<%= @photo.file.file.file %></p>

db/migrate/20110411074351_remove_path_from_photos.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class RemovePathFromPhotos < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    remove_column :photos, :path
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100412220801) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110411074351) do
 
   create_table "albums", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "title",       :null => false
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20100412220801) do
     t.integer  "album_id"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
-    t.text     "path"
     t.float    "longitude"
     t.float    "latitude"
     t.string   "file"