Re: creating temp files??
Re: creating temp files??
- Subject: Re: creating temp files??
- From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:46:03 -0700
Actually, Paul, I am correct, if you follow the entire code.
I build tempFilename as a string and only a string. As the variable name
implies it is the name of the tempfile, not the tempfile itself.
The difference with your code is you convert the "path to temporary items"
to a string in line one, whereas I convert the pathname to a string when I
concatenate the filename to it in line 2.
Me:
set tempDir to path to temporary items
set tempFilename to tempDir & "tempfile2" as string
--> "Macintosh HD:private:tmp:501:Temporary Items:tempfile2"
You:
set tempDir to path to temporary items as string
set tempFilename to tempDir & "tempfile"
--> "Macintosh HD:private:tmp:501:Temporary Items:tempfile2"
Either code works. I can't see that it makes one iota of difference either
way, except that I still stand by my code. :)
Andrew
:)
On 6/11/03 9:03 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 6/11/03 8:48 PM, "Andrew Oliver" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> To be doubly safe, you can use the 'path to' command to find the system temp
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> directory (not necessarily /var/tmp :
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> set tempDir to path to temporary items
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> set tempFilename to tempDir & "myFilename" as string
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Not so good. That's concatenating an alias to a string, making a list, then
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(hopefully) coercing the list to a string. Omit coercions:
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set tempDir to path to temporary items as string -- or 'as Unicode text'
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set tempFilename to tempDir & "myFilename"
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> set fileRef to open for access file tempFilename ... blah blah blah...
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