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Re: downloading a file into a folder (still)
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Re: downloading a file into a folder (still)


  • Subject: Re: downloading a file into a folder (still)
  • From: kai <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:48:00 +0000


On Wednesday, February 23, 2005, at 03:53 am, I wrote:

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do shell script "curl " & "http://webcam.aet.ch/traffico/airolo_s.jpg"; & " -o " & quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to desktop) & "SBB Webcam/") & (do shell script "date +%Y.%m.%d_%H-%M-%S.jpg")

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(If anyone else wants to try this, create a folder on your desktop named "SBB Webcam" first.)

I've just checked that, and it may come through from the server with some corrupted characters (which are not that easy to locate). If you have difficulties getting it to work, try running this script for a cleaner version. (It may also need a bit of unwrapping first):


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set l to {}
repeat with n in {115, 101, 116, 32, 102, 32, 116, 111, 32, 34, 83, 66, 66, 32, 87, 101, 98, 99, 97, 109, 34, 10, 116, 101, 108, 108, 32, 97, 112, 112, 108, 105, 99, 97, 116, 105, 111, 110, 32, 34, 70, 105, 110, 100, 101, 114, 34, 32, 116, 111, 32, 105, 102, 32, 110, 111, 116, 32, 40, 101, 120, 105, 115, 116, 115, 32, 102, 111, 108, 100, 101, 114, 32, 102, 41, 32, 116, 104, 101, 110, 32, 109, 97, 107, 101, 32, 110, 101, 119, 32, 102, 111, 108, 100, 101, 114, 32, 119, 105, 116, 104, 32, 112, 114, 111, 112, 101, 114, 116, 105, 101, 115, 32, 123, 110, 97, 109, 101, 58, 102, 125, 10, 100, 111, 32, 115, 104, 101, 108, 108, 32, 115, 99, 114, 105, 112, 116, 32, 34, 99, 117, 114, 108, 32, 34, 32, 38, 32, 34, 104, 116, 116, 112, 58, 47, 47, 119, 101, 98, 99, 97, 109, 46, 97, 101, 116, 46, 99, 104, 47, 116, 114, 97, 102, 102, 105, 99, 111, 47, 97, 105, 114, 111, 108, 111, 95, 115, 46, 106, 112, 103, 34, 32, 38, 32, 34, 32, 45, 111, 32, 34, 32, 38, 32, 113, 117, 111, 116, 101, 100, 32, 102, 111, 114, 109, 32, 111, 102, 32, 40, 80, 79, 83, 73, 88, 32, 112, 97, 116, 104, 32, 111, 102, 32, 40, 112, 97, 116, 104, 32, 116, 111, 32, 100, 101, 115, 107, 116, 111, 112, 41, 32, 38, 32, 102, 32, 38, 32, 34, 47, 34, 41, 32, 38, 32, 40, 100, 111, 32, 115, 104, 101, 108, 108, 32, 115, 99, 114, 105, 112, 116, 32, 34, 100, 97, 116, 101, 32, 43, 37, 89, 46, 37, 109, 46, 37, 100, 95, 37, 72, 45, 37, 77, 45, 37, 83, 46, 106, 112, 103, 34, 41}
set l's end to ASCII character n
end repeat
set text item delimiters to {""}
set l to l as string
tell application "Script Editor"
activate
make new document at end with properties {contents:l}
end tell


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kai

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