Re: Passing calls to an AS app via shell?
Re: Passing calls to an AS app via shell?
- Subject: Re: Passing calls to an AS app via shell?
- From: "Steven D.Majewski" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:28:55 -0400
On Oct 8, 2004, at 1:47 PM, Johnny AppleScript wrote:
I'm not the smartest apple on the tree, but I did say I tried all
kinds of
quoting, escaping, etc.; again, this only occurs on spaced names when
'~' is
used to enumerate the user path. If I coerce the full file path when
the
user path is involved, it (usually) works just fine. And it *ONLY*
fails on
the 'echo message >>' command (that I've found); every other *NIX
command I
use with '~' has no problems. Just echo. On all three 10.3.x machines
within
my reach and one 10.2.x box, as well.
If it looks as if there is something peculiar with 'echo', you
might try instead using '/bin/echo' .
The shell has a builtin echo command.
Using '/bin/echo' explicitly will bypass builtin echo.
If other commands you've tried besides echo work, that is something to
check!
-- Steve Majewski - University of Virginia Alderman Library
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