Mac OS X/Mac OS 9 Long File Name Conversion w/AppleScript?
Mac OS X/Mac OS 9 Long File Name Conversion w/AppleScript?
- Subject: Mac OS X/Mac OS 9 Long File Name Conversion w/AppleScript?
- From: Richard Glaser <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:36:21 -0700
Hello:
I am looking for a way of renaming a long file name started up in Mac
OS 9 that will be used in Mac OS X. See example below how the files
are displayed in Mac OS 9 & Mac OS X.
From Mac OS 9.2.1 (31 characters)
-------------------------------
1234567890123456789012345678901
-------------------------------
com.apple.Aqua Icons#303D.plist
com.apple.Classic.00#303E.plist
com.apple.ColorSyncD#303F.plist
com.apple.HIToolbox.#3040.plist
com.apple.ImageCaptu#3041.plist
com.apple.iTunes.000#3042.plist
com.apple.screensave#3043.plist
com.apple.systempref#3044.plist
com.apple.windowserv#3045.plist
com.apple.windowserv#3046.plist
com.apple.windowserv#3047.plist
From Mac OS X
--------------------------------------------------
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
--------------------------------------------------
com.apple.Aqua Icons.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.Classic.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.ColorSyncDeviceList.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.HIToolbox.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.ImageCapture2.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.iTunes.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.screensaver.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.windowserver.000502d32ef7.plist
com.apple.windowserver.localhost.plist
com.apple.windowserver.macosx-3.mlmc.utah.edu.plist
Is there a formula to the "#303D" truncation of the long file name.
What I need is to rename the file using the Mac's Ethernet address
and hostname not the one originally setup and have it work properly
when booted into Mac OS X.
Make sense?
The reason I am doing this is to automate our process or imaging Mac
OS X and require little or no user input. The need of this is due to
the settings (i.e. Screen Saver) and applications (i.e. iTunes)
create setting in the ByHost folder that use hardware specific info
in the name (i.e Ethernet address, host name). When Mac OS X is
imaged, the Ethernet address/host name change, but the file names use
the old names which do not work and need to be renamed for the new
hardware.
Any suggestions on a AppleScript to convert rename these file names?
--
Thanks:
Richard Glaser
University of Utah
Student Computing
email@hidden
801-585-8016
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