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Re: Really delete a file via AppleScript

On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 09:42 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:

On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Neil Faiman wrote:

Is there a way from AppleScript to completely delete a file (i.e., free up its space right now, rather than just moving it to the trash)? 'tell application "finder" to delete file "foo"' moves it to the trash. Of course, I could do something like 'do shell script ("rm " & posix path to file foo)', but I'm looking for a "pure" AppleScript solution.

tell application "Finder"
set the file_to_delete to alias "Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:foo.text"
delete the file_to_delete
empty the trash
end tell


and


do shell script ("rm " & posix path to file foo)

Both look like 'pure' AppleScript to me. And while Michelle's is exactly what you asked for, I suspect in practice that the DSS (do shell script) version is easier used. The method using 'empty the trash' should probably move all the contents of the trash to a temp folder outside of the trash, delete the file you want deleted, and then restore the previous contents of the trash. It's rude to empty people's trash without asking.

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