newbie question2: eof?
newbie question2: eof?
- Subject: newbie question2: eof?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:57:50 -0800
Hello List:
From the Help viewer OS X:AppleScript Guidebook:Essential Sub-routines
in the 'Write data to a file section':
I would like to understand what 'eof' does in this script. (line 7 and 8)
What does it stand for?
on write_to_file(this_data, target_file, append_data)
try
set the target_file to the target_file as text
set the open_target_file to ,
open for access file target_file with write permission
if append_data is false then ,
set eof of the open_target_file to 0
write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof
close access the open_target_file
return true
on error
try
close access file target_file
on error
end try
return false
end try
end write_to_file
Notwithstanding: if I click on the second icon on the same page in the
help viewer the text which is copied to the clip board is:
try
--replace this line with your statements
on error error_message number terror_number
set this_error to "Error: " & error_number & ". " & ,
error_message & return
-- change the following line to the name and location desired
set the log_file to ((path to desktop) as text) & "Script Error Log"
my write_to_file(this_error, log_file, true)
end try
I think line 3 should be "error" not "terror"
eekk.