Re: Finder file rename confusion
Re: Finder file rename confusion
- Subject: Re: Finder file rename confusion
- From: Dick Huskey <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:17:56 -0500
Thanks for the reply.
If there is an existing file AS will report:
tell application "Finder"
set name of file "zx.0.txt" of folder "zxdir:zxdir" of home to
"zx.1.txt"
"Finder got an error: The operation could not be completed because
there is already an item with that name."
so a previously existing file is not the problem.
Again,
Thanks for the interest & reply.
On Feb 22, 2005, at 13:46, yvan-koenig wrote:
Le 22 févr. 2005 , à 9:40, Dick Huskey a écrit :
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?
Isn't it simply because there is already a file named "zx.1.txt" in
the folder?
Yvan KOENIG
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