Re: Paths & quoted form & do shell script
Re: Paths & quoted form & do shell script
- Subject: Re: Paths & quoted form & do shell script
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 02:01:24 -0700
- Thread-topic: Paths & quoted form & do shell script
On 10/9/05 1:51 AM, "Martin Orpen" <email@hidden> wrote:
> on 9/10/05 02:39, Mark J. Reed at email@hidden wrote:
>
>> Well, this script works for me:
>>
>> set thePath to "/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt"
>> do shell script "/usr/bin/grep -i saved " & quoted form of thePath
>>
>> Maybe the path in the text file is weird? It doesn't include quote
>> marks in the file, does it?
>
> They are identical to the human eye, identical in class, but not identical
> to AS:
>
> set theFlag to false
> set tFile to (path to temporary items as string) & "PSLogTest.txt"
> set thePath to paragraph 1 of (read file tFile)
> log thePath
> set otherPath to "/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt"
> log otherPath
> if thePath is equal to otherPath then
> set theFlag to true
> end if
> log theFlag
>
> What I see in the Event Log is:
>
> (*/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt*)
> (*/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt*)
> (*false*)
>
>
> But, I've just realised that the strings aren't identical to Entourage
> either - look what I get when I paste:
>
> (*/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt*)
> (*/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt*)
> (*false*)
>
> Or Text Edit:
>
> (**)
> (*/Users/martinorpen/Documents/Photoshop Edit Log.txt*)
> (*false*)
>
> What the bloody hell is going on?
>
> (The original text file was written using "open file for access/write to
> file/close file")
I suggest you ask for the class of each path. Also try reading the file as
Unicode text, then compare.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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