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Re: How does osascript decide which app to use?
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Re: How does osascript decide which app to use?


  • Subject: Re: How does osascript decide which app to use?
  • From: John Delacour <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:22:31 +0000
  • Mac-eudora-version: 5.3a9

At 4:36 pm -0500 19/11/02, Sean McBride wrote:

I have a 'complied script', type 'osas', and creator 'ToyS' (Script
Editor). If I do get Info with the Finder the file is set to 'open with'
"Script Editor". Yet 'osascript' insists on opening the script with
Script Debugger.

How does osascript decide which app to use? And how can I change its mind?

Do you mean osascript? osascript simply runs AppleScript (or other) scripts, so it will do whatever your script contains. If you're talking about a shell script, then you can set the app with the syntax

open -a "Smile" scriptname

open -a "Script Editor" scriptname

open -a "Script Debugger Demo" scriptname


JD
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