Re: OS X deleteFile
Re: OS X deleteFile
- Subject: Re: OS X deleteFile
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:23:38 +1000
On 25/10/02 3:12 AM +1000, ken, email@hidden, wrote:
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1) Pre-OS X I could delete a file with Jon's
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commands deleteFile command and avoid
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using the Finder and the need to empty the
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trash.
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Is there an equivalent way to delete a file in OS X
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without the need to empty the trash?
Yes: use Jon's for OS X.
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2) A related question:
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I am generating many temporary files using:
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set theFile to open for access (yadda yadda)
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Is there some way that I can use the reference
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to the file in the variable "theFile" to delete it or
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will I have to tell the Finder the path and file
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name? The variable "theFile" just contains what
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looks like an integer, but I suspect it's some
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other kind of reference. In any case, the Finder
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doesn't know what to do with it.
No, you can't use it. And it's meaningless once the file is closed anyway.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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