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Re: Using Applescript to save a text file?

Subject: Re: Using Applescript to save a text file?
From: Rob Stott <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:39:37 +0100

On 27 Apr 2004, at 22:21, PiercyWorld wrote:

I would like to save a file as a text document in Applescript but I cannot figure it out.

...or if you're on Mac OS X, you could use an (admittedly clunky) bit of shell scripting...

do shell script "touch " & (quoted form of ((POSIX path of (path to desktop)) & "log.txt")) & " ; echo This file can not be opened by this program. Please try another format. Thank You! >> " & (quoted form of ((POSIX path of (path to desktop)) & "log.txt"))

Rob

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