Re: Syntax for Finder 'exists' command?
Re: Syntax for Finder 'exists' command?
- Subject: Re: Syntax for Finder 'exists' command?
- From: "Wallace, William" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:02:49 -0600
First of all, line 1 and 2 do not work. Line 1 errors with the message "File
FooFolderfooFile wasn't found" because you have tried to create an alias
from a string which doesn't even resemble a file path. Try this (just make
sure there is actually a folder named fooFolder containing a file named
fooFile, on your desktop):
set desktopPath to path to desktop as string
set importFolder to "fooFolder"
set importFile to "fooFile"
tell application "Finder"
set this_item to (desktopPath & importFolder & ":" & importFile) as
alias -- line 1
set this_info to info for this_item -- line 2
select (desktopPath & importFolder & ":" & importFile) -- line 3
exists file (desktopPath & importFolder & ":" & importFile) -- line 4
end tell
--> true
But then again since you already have a reference to fooFile stored in the
this_item variable, why not just do:
exists file this_item
--
St!ff M!ttens
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On 3/29/05 8:56 AM, "Dennis Jones" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to determine if a file exists after a Finder 'move'
> command prior to using the file.
>
> In the code below, line 1 and 2 work as expected to get the info for
> the file. Line 3 works as expected and selects the file in the finder.
>
> However, line 4 always returns 'false', when I would expect it to
> return true since I know the file exists.
>
> What is wrong with my syntax?
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