Re: getting the image file of a mounted disk image
Re: getting the image file of a mounted disk image
- Subject: Re: getting the image file of a mounted disk image
- From: Jason Davies <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:07:30 +0100
you sent this ages ago to the Applescript list in response to my query and I've just got to testing it (it was thrown by a line break within quotation marks when i first ran it!) and it works beautifully - many thanks.
> On 18 Jul 2006, at 19:58, Yvan KOENIG wrote:
>
> > I really don't understand how it works but I must admit that I was
> > wrong.
>
> I wouldn't know about the specifics of that particular example, Yvan
> - although something like this should also do the trick:
>
> -----------
>
> set {l, f} to {{}, do shell script "/usr/bin/hdiutil info"}
> tell application "System Events" to considering case
> repeat with i in (get POSIX path of disks where it is ejectable)
> if i is in f then set l's end to i
> end repeat
> end considering
> if (count l) is 0 then return beep
> set l to choose from list l with prompt "Choose a mounted disk image:"
> if l is false then return
> set {l, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, l's item 1 &
> return}
> set {f, text item delimiters} to {f's text item 1, return & "image-
> path : "}
> set {f, text item delimiters} to {paragraph 1 of f's text item -1 as
> POSIX file, l}
> tell application "Finder" to try
> reveal f
> activate
> end try
>
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>
> ---
> kai
>
>
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