Re: Really delete a file via AppleScript
Re: Really delete a file via AppleScript
- Subject: Re: Really delete a file via AppleScript
- From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:48:49 -0400
On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 09:42 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Saturday, August 2, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Neil Faiman wrote:
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.
tell application "Finder"
set the file_to_delete to alias "Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:foo.text"
delete the file_to_delete
empty the trash
end tell
and
do shell script ("rm " & posix path to file foo)
Both look like 'pure' AppleScript to me. And while Michelle's is
exactly what you asked for, I suspect in practice that the DSS (do
shell script) version is easier used. The method using 'empty the
trash' should probably move all the contents of the trash to a temp
folder outside of the trash, delete the file you want deleted, and then
restore the previous contents of the trash. It's rude to empty people's
trash without asking.
PS
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