Re: Writing To A File
Re: Writing To A File
- Subject: Re: Writing To A File
- From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:48:58 -0500
On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 12:29 US/Central, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
I guess you don't understand what a 'file reference' is.
(Hint: it is NOT a pathname. Never was.)
Yes, I know what a file reference is. AppleScript blurs that line
because you still have to type out a pathname to make a file reference.
The commands expect you to be smart enough to RTFM first.
Yes. The manual being the class that's displayed right after the verb,
and the comment after that, and the inconsistency of the data types
accepted by other commands within that same scripting addition.
Steve, can you produce any Apple documentation stating that a pathname
is an acceptable substitute for a file reference? (I think I can
guarantee that you won't find any, so unless you have a lot of time to
waste...)
Why should I? Some of the commands were obviously written to accept
strings or they wouldn't even work sometimes. It's just not consistent.
That's all I'm pointing out here. Jeez.
Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek
http://sjmills5.home.mchsi.com/
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