What the !? two script variants to move a file - one works, the other doesn't?
What the !? two script variants to move a file - one works, the other doesn't?
- Subject: What the !? two script variants to move a file - one works, the other doesn't?
- From: Bill Christens-Barry <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:19:07 -0500
Title: What the !? two script variants to move a file -
one w
I'm trying to write a script,
under Mac OS 10.3.7, Script Editor 1.9.3, to move a file
("File.tif") from a specified folder
("Volume:Folder:SubFolder1:") to a different folder whose name
is taken from a text file ("PointerFile.txt").
This script works:
property theFile :
"File.tif" as string
tell application "Finder"
set
mPath to "Volume:Folder:" as string
set
src to (mPath & "SubFolder1:" & theFile)
set
aa to a reference to file src
set
bb to mPath & "PointerFile.txt"
set
dst to a reference to file bb
open for access dst
set
theDst to read (dst)
close access dst
move aa to folder theDst
end tell
This script does not work:
property mPath :
"Volume:Folder:" as string
property theFile :
"File.tif" as string
tell
application "Finder"
set
src to (mPath & "SubFolder1:" & theFile)
set
aa to a reference to file src
set
bb to mPath & "PointerFile.txt"
set
dst to a reference to bb
open for access file dst
set
theDst to read (dst)
close access dst
move aa to folder theDst
end tell
The second script generates an error:
AppleScript Error: Finder got an error: Can't make
"Volume:Folder:PointerFile.txt" into a file.
The only difference between the
two scripts is in how a value is assigned to the variable
"mPath". Can anyone help me understand why the second script
isn't working?
Thanks.
Bill Christens-Barry
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Bill Christens-Barry, PhD
Equipoise Imaging, LLC
email@hidden
410-750-6656
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