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Really delete a file via AppleScript
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Really delete a file via AppleScript


  • Subject: Really delete a file via AppleScript
  • From: Neil Faiman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 21:26:55 -0400

Is there a way from AppleScript to completely delete a file (i.e., free up its space right now, rather than just moving it to the trash)? 'tell application "finder" to delete file "foo"' moves it to the trash. Of course, I could do something like 'do shell script ("rm " & posix path to file foo)', but I'm looking for a "pure" AppleScript solution.

Thanks,

Neil Faiman
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