funny pair of scripts
funny pair of scripts
- Subject: funny pair of scripts
- From: Nelson Byrne <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 20:26:23 -0800
This fails if I choose my desktop, so that "choose folder as text"
returns the string "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:"
property TheFileName : "debug.log"
(choose folder) as text returning TheFolder
log class of TheFolder
log TheFolder
tell application "Finder"
if (exists file (TheFolder & TheFileName)) then (delete file
(TheFolder & TheFileName))
make new file at TheFolder with properties {name:TheFileName, owner
privileges:read write, group privileges:read write, everyones
privileges:read write} returning TrueFile
end tell
and the Event Log contains
tell current application
choose folder
alias "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:"
(*string*)
(*OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:*)
end tell
tell application "Finder"
exists file "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:debug.log"
true
delete file "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:debug.log"
document file "debug copy 2.log" of trash
make new file at "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:" with properties
{name:"debug.log", owner privileges:read write, group privileges:read
write, everyones privileges:read write}
"Finder got an error: Can't make a file."
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This on the other hand works just fine:
property TheFileName : "debug.log"
property TheFolder : "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:"
log class of TheFolder
log TheFolder
tell application "Finder"
if (exists file (TheFolder & TheFileName)) then delete file (TheFolder
& TheFileName)
make new document file at TheFolder with properties {name:TheFileName,
owner privileges:read write, group privileges:read write, everyones
privileges:read write} returning TrueFile
end tell
and returns the Event Log:
(*string*)
(*OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:*)
tell application "Finder"
exists file "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:debug.log"
true
delete file "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:debug.log"
document file "debug copy 3.log" of trash
make new document file at "OSX:Users:rnb:Desktop:" with properties
{name:"debug.log", owner privileges:read write, group privileges:read
write, everyones privileges:read write}
document file "debug.log" of folder "Desktop" of folder "rnb" of
folder "Users" of startup disk
end tell
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What's going on here? In one case I generate the string locating the
folder by running the choose folder as text command, in the other I
simply supply it. Obviously I'd like to be able to choose on the fly
rather than rewriting and recompiling the script for each possible
folder, but it seems I cannot.
Comments very welcome.
Nelson Byrne
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