At 14:56 +0100 7/14/09, James Bensley wrote:
>set UNC to (do shell script "/usr/bin/dscl localhost read /Active\\
>Directory/All\\ Domains/Users/" & user_name & " homeDirectory | awk -F
>\":\" '{print $3}' | cut -c 4-200")
>
>Which works a treat except for one thing; with the UNC path returned
>the slashes are the wrong way around, i.e the UNC path returned
>contains back slashes but it needs to be forward slashes for the mount
>command to correctly interpret the input;
I had the same problems until quoted form of arrived.
You need three backslashes in places. Applescript applies them first and then the bash shell does its thing after execution through a kernel execve command. I don't claim to understand it and perhaps it's just wrong and "quoted form of" is designed to repair the damage.
Try using quoted from of, that's an AppleScript command in three words, to get something you can return as text for viewing.
set havealook to quoted form of ( " homeDirectory | awk 'BEGIN{FS=\":\"};{print $3}'")
havealook
do shell script "dscl" & space & havealook
The rest of your command line is not all that clear to me especially in the awk part. Those single quotes likely need special quoting too.
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