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Re: Why root?
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Re: Why root?


  • Subject: Re: Why root?
  • From: Michael Grant <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 11:47:11 -0500

On 8/2/02 10:17 AM, "John Delacour" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Why does this script list the root instead of the user directory...
>
> do shell script "ls -l"
>
> and require us to to "cd ; ls -l" ?

Could it be because the process that actually executes AppleScripts
(coreservicesd??--just guessing) is a root process?

Michael

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