RE: Accessing the Desktop & directory path specifications
RE: Accessing the Desktop & directory path specifications
- Subject: RE: Accessing the Desktop & directory path specifications
- From: Dennis Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:29:02 -0600
Title: RE: Accessing the Desktop & directory path specifications
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From: Ken G. Brown
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Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:07 AM
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Subject: Accessing the Desktop & directory path specifications
I'm needing to script access to the same file on the Desktop of several
different computers and signons. I could store the script in a folder in the
Documents folder then within the script refer relatively up two levels and
then down one onto the Desktop but I am unsure of how to do this
specification in the open.
Is there a nifty standardized way to access the local Desktop or to
otherwise accomplish this type of thing?
Where can I read up on AppleScript directory path specifications in general?
Thx for any tips.
Ken
path to desktop will get you to the user's desktop. Any files that need to be on the desktop before the script runs will have to be placed in each user's separate Desktop folder.
Matt Neuberg's "AppleScript, The Definitive Guide" is a good book to refer to for AppleScript info, pages 340 to 342 talk about "path to" and the standard folders. The Standard Additions dictionary doesn't have a complete list.
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