i was wonthering how to get the path to root
I can get the path to desktop the following way:
set mypath to path to desktop
But how can i set it to root?
btw, what is the meaning of root in AppleScript ? and root has it a
significance for AppleScript ?
I didn't ask the question, even though you quoted the message to make
it look like I did... however, I would assume root is root - it means
something very clear to me, AppleScript or not.
tell application "Finder"
desktop's folder's folder's folder's folder
end tell
That's not a reliable method to find root, as the current user's home
folder may be relocated and not have this same relative path to root.
If you want an alias to root:
set RootAlias to "/" as POSIX file as aliasSerge
like: path to startup disk
I suppose that should give the same results in most, if not all,
situations. But since the user asked about root, and not startup
disk, I thought I would take the most direct approach... "/" is
always root. I'm not sure startup disk always is the same as root,
though to be honest I can't imagine at the moment any situations
where it wouldn't..
