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Re: osascript shell commands using AppleScript


  • Subject: Re: osascript shell commands using AppleScript
  • From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:02:39 -0400

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden> wrote:
> Then when Installer runs the script during installation, the call to 'first
> item of args' would return the value of $1. Is that your expectation?

Right.  If you put your entire script inside an "on run" handler with
a single list parameter, then when that script is executed, the
parameter will have the command line arguments.  "first item of blah"
will be $1, "second item of blah" will be $2.

> But then how do I get the environment variables that PackageMaker/Installer
> provide?

That is a good question.  I don't know how to access the environment
from AS, or even if it's possible.  But you can always use do shell:

set PATH to (do shell script 'echo $PATH')
>
> What I'm doing right now is using a bash script file. It works perfectly
> well, but I'm curious how to convert it to an osascript shell script that
> has the same access to the parameters and environment variables. Here's my
> bash script:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env bash
> installedPath="\"$2\""
> osascript <<END
> tell application "Finder" to update POSIX file $installedPath
> END
>
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