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Re: Shell script problem
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Re: Shell script problem


  • Subject: Re: Shell script problem
  • From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:34:57 -0500

> Manfred M. Strasser schrieb:
>
> > ls -l -S -F cd /Users/xyz/Desktop/oneFolder/
> > In the Terminal I get a correct result ... But using this in an
> > AppleScript ...
> > do shell script "ls -l -S -F cd " & "/Users/xyz/Desktop/xyz/"
> > returns an error: "No such directory ..."

> > What's the bug?

Two different paths. The first one has .../oneFolder, the second an
extra .../xyz.  Could that be it?

Also, I'm wondering what the "cd" is doing there - the command line as
written asks ls to display information about the file "cd" in whatever
the current directory is as well as the directory you specify with the
full path afterward.

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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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References: 
 >Shell script problem (From: "Manfred M. Strasser" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Shell script problem (From: "Ronald 'Warui' Becher" <email@hidden>)

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