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Re: slash path to alias

  • Subject: Re: slash path to alias
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:04:27 +0200
At 16:36 +0200 31/07/08, Axel Luttgens wrote: 
	set X to "/Applications"
	(POSIX file X) as text
	--> "BootDisk:Applications"
	tell application "Mail" to get (POSIX file X) as text
	--> "BootDisk:Applications:"

It's more CPU but if I do want to be sure that a folder gets the end ":" I coerce the alias, not the file:

((posix file x) as alias) as text

Emmanuel
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