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Re: A question on shell scripting in AppleScript
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Re: A question on shell scripting in AppleScript


  • Subject: Re: A question on shell scripting in AppleScript
  • From: Rob Stott <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:30:56 +0000


On 8 Feb 2005, at 15:21, Francois Houle wrote:

<deletia> when the command is in an AppleScript, as bellow then I get that there is an unknown identifier, wether I use "quote" signs or |vertical| signs
eg:  do shell script "rm /Users/myaccount/Documents/My\ Folder"
 
How can I go around this ?

Hi Francois,

I'd do it like this...

set theFileToDelete to choose file with prompt "Choose a file to delete!"
do shell script "rm " & quoted form of (POSIX path of theFileToDelete)

...the "quoted form" bit deals with all those pesky spaces etc automatically. I think the rest is pretty self explanatory, but shout if it isn't!



r.
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