Re: New scripter Q: calling upon a generic file name?
Re: New scripter Q: calling upon a generic file name?
- Subject: Re: New scripter Q: calling upon a generic file name?
- From: admin <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:32:33 -0600
Ok, I don't know what the error code means, but here is the first thing
I would try:
duplicate (((file whose name begins with "Heinz List") of folder
whose name[NOBREAK]
begins with "Heinz List") of item drvName) to file "Macintosh
HD:Heinz F" with replacing
Specifying file vs item may help, duplicate vs copy may make a
difference, and with replacing ensures that if the file already exists
that it will be, well, replaced. I didn't test this, since I'd have to
make too many changes, but the
duplicate <file(s)> to <file(s)> with replacing
is known to work. Assuming that the file can be found with (((file
whose name begins with "Heinz List") of folder whose name begins with
"Heinz List") of item drvName) this could work.
HTH,
al
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 12:00 AM,
email@hidden wrote:
Subject: New scripter Q: calling upon a generic file name?
To: email@hidden
Hi:
There is an issue, however minor, that I have with calling upon a
recurring
file by a "generic" name. The only difference is that each week the
disk's
numbers -- disk, folder and file -- increase by a factor of one.
If one has a CD-ROM with a name that changes only by number from week
to
week, but retains its' "first name" I am able to script access to the
disk
without problems. However, if I need to access a file within a folder
that
possesses the same name there are hang-ups. For example, if I get a
disk
named "Heinz 57" I can open the disk by calling upon it as:
tell application "Finder"
activate
set drvName to (name of every disk whose name begins with "Heinz")
open drvName
end tell
But when I need to open/copy a file named "Heinz 57 List" that sits in
a
folder named "Heinz 57 List" on the disk named "Heinz 57" I get only a
message stating that "an error of the type 13579 has occurred." No
explanation for this is given. An example of the script I wrote is as
follows:
tell application "Finder"
activate
set drvName to (name of every disk whose name begins with "Heinz")
copy (((file whose name begins with "Heinz List") of folder whose
name
begins with "Heinz List") of item drvName) to item "Macintosh
HD:Heinz F"
end tell
Please note that no matter where I place the parentheses this error
code
appears. I'm wondering, first of all, if this error code is legit.
Secondly,
can someone explain to me why this is happening, and is there a
workaround?
(Mac OS 8.6)
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