Apple

On 01/06/2006, at 01:28, Nir Soffer wrote:

On 31/05/2006, at 23:09, Nir Soffer wrote:

[how to handle posix path argument]

I found the solution:

set HFSPath to ((POSIX file posixPath) as Unicode text)

I found (thanks Gnarlodious) much nicer solution:

set aPath to "/foo/bar"

tell application "TextEdit"

open my POSIX file aPath

end tell

Anyone has a clue why you need "my" for "posix file"?

Also, the error you get if you leave out "my" is not very helpful.

Try this code with a path to exiting file:

set aPath to "/foo/bar"

tell application "TextEdit"

open POSIX file aPath

end tell

You get:

TextEdit got an error: Can't make POSIX file \"/foo/bar\" into type alias.

Instead of something about posix file.

Best Regards,

Nir Soffer