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Re: Create new file


  • Subject: Re: Create new file
  • From: Hanaan Rosenthal <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:38:29 -0500
  • Organization: Custom Flow Solutions

Hello Dale,

The 'open for access' command creates a new text file if one doesn't exist.
If you're having trouble, make sure to use:
open for access file "the:file:path"
instead of:
open for access alias "the:file:path"
Since the file doesn't exist yet, using alias will throw an error.

You can also use the Finder to create a new file like you would use it to create
a new folder:
tell app "Finder"
make new file at folder containerPath with properties {name:fileName}
end tell

Hanaan
>
> From: Dale J Martin <email@hidden>
> Date: 2004/02/10 Tue AM 09:40:01 EST
> To: AppleScript Users List <email@hidden>
> Subject: Create new file
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to build a data logger system in which I need to create a
> new file at midnight and continue the next days data logging. I have
> the script creating and writing to a file just fine, but I don't know
> where to start in creating a new file based on time.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dale
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