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Fwd: Newbie to Applescript
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Fwd: Newbie to Applescript


  • Subject: Fwd: Newbie to Applescript
  • From: Chuck Lefebvre <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:32:36 -0700

Mr Tea doesn't have access to a machine with OS X.
His solution would be easy to implement, but it doesn't work in OS X.

Anybody with Mac OS X applescript experience out there?
I know that their is some issues out there with the finder.
My first step is to trying to copy a single file to another location.

Can't seem able to use the recorder with the finder, but it works with
other applications.



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Chuck Lefebvre <email@hidden>
> Date: Thu Nov 15, 2001 08:02:24 AM America/Phoenix
> To: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Newbie to Applescript
>
> I'm working in OS X 10.1 and now OS X 10.1.1.
>
> I've tried to use your example, but with no luck.
> tell application "Finder" to duplicate file "Macintosh_HD1:Driver
> License" to folder "Macintosh HD:Work Drive:"
>
> I get the dreaded Finder got an error: can set folder it mentions the
> statement above
> I appreciated your help in the past, I guess Mac OS X can't even record
> a finder script.
>
> Thanks
> Chuck
>
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 05:06 PM, Mr Tea wrote:
>
>> This from Chuck Lefebvre - dated 13/11/01 10.45 pm:
>>
>>> I would like to duplicate an individual file, and it's not stored on
>>> the
>>> desktop. All of the example that I've seen, show you how to copy
>>> folder from
>>> the desktop.
>>
>> The most compact way of defining the location of a file or folder in
>> AppleScript is to use a path, with each item separated by a colon and
>> the
>> whole thing wrapped in double quotes.
>>
>> So if you have a file called "My File" in a folder called "My Folder"
>> on a
>> disk called, er, "My Disk" and you want to copy it to a folder called
>> "My
>> Other Folder" on the same disk, it would look something like this:
>>
>> tell application "Finder" to duplicate file "My Disk:My Folder:My
>> File" to
>> folder "My Disk:My Other Folder:"
>>
>> That should all be on one line, and note that when the final item in
>> the
>> path is a folder, its name is followed by a colon.
>>
>> A less economical way to define a path is demonstrated when you use the
>> Script Editor to record actions in the Finder, with this format:
>>
>> file "My File" of folder "My Folder" of disk "My Disk"...
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Mr Tea
>> --
>> Brew of the day: Breakfast Blend
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