• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag
 

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Re: Problems with Mac to PC names conversion script
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Problems with Mac to PC names conversion script


  • Subject: Re: Problems with Mac to PC names conversion script
  • From: Axel Luttgens <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:30:38 +0200

On 17/10/07 0:04, Brett Conlon wrote:

Hi all,

Can anyone suggest a way to improve/fix an issue with the below script where it chokes on files on a Mac Server which are either locked or have incorrect permissions. I'm part way there with detecting the error type with bad permissions but I've had problems actually getting the script to successfully change the permissions on the Mac Server - even if it is a read/write volume.

Here's the script:

#############################################################

[...]

on run
try
set aFolder to choose folder with prompt "Please choose a folder to process"
set filePath to quoted form of POSIX path of aFolder
do shell script "chmod -R 777 " & filePath
display dialog "Permissions changed successfully." buttons {"Thanks!"} default button 1
on error
display dialog "Changing permissions failed. Please try it manually" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
end try
end run


#############################################################


Hello Brett,

I guess above excerpt is the one of concern.
So, if I understood you correctly, you are running the script on a machine M, and aFolder is set to some folder located on a volume mounted from a server S.
Before going further, could you provide us with some more info, eg:
- does the mount occur through AFP?
- who mounts the volume?
- who owns aFolder?
- what error message exactly does the do shell command issue?


Axel

_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users

This email sent to email@hidden
References: 
 >Problems with Mac to PC names conversion script (From: Brett Conlon <email@hidden>)

  • Prev by Date: Folder deletion
  • Next by Date: Re: Folder deletion
  • Previous by thread: Re: Problems with Mac to PC names conversion script. setuid command on a Mac server
  • Next by thread: Re: AppleScript-Users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 504
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread