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Re: Moving multiple files (OS 9.2.1)
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Re: Moving multiple files (OS 9.2.1)


  • Subject: Re: Moving multiple files (OS 9.2.1)
  • From: Cornwall <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:37:20 -0800

At 12:04 PM +0000 12/19/01, Hugh Dixon wrote:

>tell app "Finder" to duplicate every item of list_of_aliases to folder
>"Ancient files" of desktop folder
>
>but it returns an "invalid key form" error. The list is in the form {alias
>"x:y:a", alias "x:y:b"...}

This works for me.

set theChosenOne to choose folder
tell application "Finder" to duplicate {list of files} to theChosenOne

I don't think it wants "every item" in there.

Corny


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