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Re: ignore icon file how?
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Re: ignore icon file how?


  • Subject: Re: ignore icon file how?
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:49:36 -0800

On 11/20/00 10:56 AM, Dave Balderstone <email@hidden> wrote

>I'm working on a script that walks through every Quark Xpress file in
>a folder and does stuff to them.
>
>However, the script is erroring when it hits the "Icon" file, thusly:
>
>if file type of file path_name is not "icon" then
>--> The variable result is not defined.

If you are using the list folder command to get the list of files in the
folder, use "without invisibles"

e.g., list folder "Macintosh HD:quark files" without invisivibles

--Michelle

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