Re: file type question
Re: file type question
- Subject: Re: file type question
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:42:56 -0600
At 06:55 -0500 10/9/03, Jim Brandt wrote, and I snipped:
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However, I have several scripts that, under OS 9 used the following syntax:
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set theList to (every item of folder source1 whose file type is "TEXT")
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when run under OS X I get the following error:
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get every item of folder "HD1:Misc:" whose file type = "TEXT"
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--> Finder got an error: Can't get every item of folder "HD1:Misc:" whose file type = "TEXT".
I suspect that the real problem is that UNIX, and now Macintosh, files are not really classified by four character codes. Types and creators are rapidly being "corrected" into filename extensions.
But did you mean to change "is" into "="? I confess I'm not sure about the rules and have even tried "==" but you should certainly try it with a Clintonian meaning of is. And while you're at it use /Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo on some of the files to be sure the file type directory block is populated. It would not be if a file were created with a UNIX cat command.
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