Re: File path info
Re: File path info
- Subject: Re: File path info
- From: Zachary Smestad <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:44:38 -0600
On Mar 01, 2004, at 06:43 PM, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
At 03:27p -0800 03/01/2004, Duane Mitchell didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:
Hello,
I'm an AppleScript newbie and have a basic question on file specs.
I am using the choose file scripting addition command to set a
variable for a chosen file. I'd like to know how I can get the name
of the folder that a file is in from the file spec: alias
"MacHD:Folder1:File".
One possible way would be to ask the Finder for its container:
tell app "Finder" to set c to (container of myAlias) as alias
Another way would be to split on the colons and reconstruct.
Also, if there is any other useful info that I could get from this
basic file spec that would be appreciated.
Check out the 'info for' command in Standard Additions, and the
'POSIX path' property. And the properties for file and item in the
Finder.
-boo
If it's just the folder name (not entire folder path), this works (the
efficient way- I think...):
set text item delimiters to ":" --make that "AppleScript's text item
delimiters" if within a tell block
set folderName to text item -2 of (thePath as string)
set text item delimiters to ""
or if you want a one-liner (the fun way):
set folderName to do shell script "/usr/bin/basename `/usr/bin/dirname
'" & POSIX path of (theFile as string) & "'`"
I guess my habit is to avoid the Finder as much as possible.
Zach
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