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Re: [late reply] Re: Parameters for "path to" Command
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Re: [late reply] Re: Parameters for "path to" Command


  • Subject: Re: [late reply] Re: Parameters for "path to" Command
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:59:55 -0700

On Friday, August 23, 2002, at 08:30 PM, Christopher Nebel wrote:

The bug in this case is that 'alias ":"' produces a very different result (the startup disk) than 'file specification ":"' (the current application's container)

And that container may be inside a package.

set a to ":"
file specification a

--> file "Dora:Applications:AppleScript:Script Editor.app:Contents:MacOS:"

But why is it calling a folder a file?

--Michelle

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