Re: Difference between "as alias" and "as file specification"?
Re: Difference between "as alias" and "as file specification"?
- Subject: Re: Difference between "as alias" and "as file specification"?
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:37:44 -0700
On 12/12/01 2:46 PM, Greg Back <email@hidden> wrote:
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The subject says it all. i've seen both forms used, and i'd like to know the
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difference. I think this has been asked before, but i couldn't find it on
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the archives. I also looked in the ASLG, but couldn't find anything. I use
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the two interchangeably and have never run into any problems. Would anyone
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like to satisfy my never-ending curiosity by relating an answer to me?
"as file" generates a run-time error under 1.7
I just discovered, though, while testing this that <pathname> as alias is
case sensitive (but only for the disc or volume name) with AS 1.7; I
don't think it was case sensitive with 1.6 and earlier.
This works:
set a to "Dora:Foo" as alias
--> alias "Dora:Foo:"
However an error happens here:
set a to "dora:Foo" as alias
--> File dora:Foo wasn't found.
Even when wrapped in "ignoring case" it returns that error.
But no error happens here:
set a to "Dora:foo" as alias
--> alias "Dora:Foo:"
--Michelle
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