I have a powerbook that has a mounted server, called theServer. I
want to copy of a file from the desktop of the mounted server to
the laptop desktop.
I cant seem to get the correct syntax for this script.
this is my script
tell app "finder"
set theSource to "theServer:users:me:desktop:filename"
duplicate theSource to desktop
end tell
I am running this from the laptop. what am i missing?
You're asking the Finder to duplicate a string to your desktop. Can't
happen.
OK, while the string contents look like a path, it's no different
from a random set of characters as far as the Finder is concerned. In
order to get the Finder to do what you want you need to coerce the
string to a file:
duplicate file theSource to desktop
assuming, of course, that the string represents the correct path to
the file in question.
