Re: Finder producing path error
Re: Finder producing path error
- Subject: Re: Finder producing path error
- From: John Baltutis <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:14:48 -0700
On 04/25/05, Hudson Barton <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The following results appear to me to indicate something drastically
> wrong with the Finder. Is there any other explanation?
>
> tell application "Finder" to get folder (path to desktop folder)
>
> result===>>> folder "Desktop" of item "k8"
>
> (that's it... no mention of the Users folder or of the startup disk)
>
> And, so, there is an error when the following script is attempted:
>
> tell application "Finder" to get folder "Desktop" of folder "k8" of
> folder "Users" of startup disk
>
> result===>>> "Finder got an error: Can't get folder \"Desktop\" of
> folder \"K8\" of folder \"Users\" of startup disk."
>
> So it seems to me that the full address of the desktop folder is not
> available, and that any script that wants to make new files on the
> desktop, for example, won't be able to find it.
Just my 2ยข
"path to" is a standard additions command, not Finder's.
set x to get (path to desktop)
->alias "<boot volume's name>:Users:<username>:Desktop:"
So, with that in mind, this produces a text file, named TestFile on the
Desktop (into the Desktop folder):
set x to get (path to desktop)
tell application "Finder"
open for access file ((x as text) & "TestFile") with write permission
set theFile to result
set eof of theFile to 0
write "This is a test file" to theFile
close access theFile
end tell
AS 1.9.3 & OS X 10.3.9.
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