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Re: Followup: Change folder/file ownership
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Re: Followup: Change folder/file ownership


  • Subject: Re: Followup: Change folder/file ownership
  • From: Laine Lee <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:21:14 -0600

> the syntax checker in Script Editor kicks back
> an error, saying the space after the "\" is an unknown character. Does
> anyone know how to address this issue?


You want "quoted form of" before your string including it in parentheses.

example:

do shell script "diff --brief" & space & ,
(quoted form of "/Users/me/Library/Favorites/something1.txt") ,
& space & (quoted form of "/Users/me/Library/Favorites/something2.txt")


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Laine Lee
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