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Finder file rename confusion


  • Subject: Finder file rename confusion
  • From: Dick Huskey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:40:57 -0500

Howdy,

My head must be dead.

I just want to rename a file (zx.0.txt)) that exists in a directory ~/zxdir or ~zxdir/zxdir to a new name (zx.1.txt)

tell application "Finder"
-- assumes:
-- 1) zx.0.txt exists in the folder ~/zxdir
set oldFileName to "zx.0.txt"
set newFileName to "zx.1.txt"
set the name of file oldFileName of folder "zxdir" of home to newFileName
end tell -- finder


The event log returns:
set name of file "zx.0.txt" of folder "zxdir" of home to "zx.1.txt"
"Finder got an error: Can't set name of file \"zx.0.txt\" of folder \"zxdir\" of home to \"zx.1.txt\"."


This works fine if the folder is home or desktop but not something within those same directories.
why?
How do you figure this out?


Thanks

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