Re: Getting the path of a file
Re: Getting the path of a file
- Subject: Re: Getting the path of a file
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:55:39 -0400
- Organization: [very little]
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:27:42 -0600
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Subject: Re: Getting the path of a file.
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From: Jeff Shapiro <email@hidden>
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To: Applescript-Users <email@hidden>
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Paul,
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Thanks for the help.
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However, I guess I should have been more specific. I want the path to the
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file without the filename.
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For example:
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For the file: Marvin:Users:jshapiro:DeskImages:gos9607_db.jpg
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I want a variable that holds only Marvin:Users:jshapiro:DeskImages:
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(sorry, about the confusion, but with my background the path is distinct
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from the filename.)
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On 4/20/02 1:42 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Since you can drop several files and/or folders at once, the 'on open'
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> argument is always a list: a list of aliases. Therefore to get the file (as
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> alias) if you just drop one, you have to get item 1 of that list. To get
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> just its path coerce the alias to string:
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> on open theFiles
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> set theFile to item 1 of theFiles
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> set thePath to theFile as string
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> or, all in one go:
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> on open theFiles
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> set thePath to (item 1 of theFiles) as string
Try this:
on open (itemList)
set thePath to (item 1 of itemList) as text
set {od, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text
item delimiters, {":"}}
set thePath to ((text items 1 thru -2 of thePath) as text) & ":"
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to od
thePath
end open
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
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[4/20/02 10:54:20 PM]
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