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Re: Simply deleting a fil
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Re: Simply deleting a fil


  • Subject: Re: Simply deleting a fil
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:53:14 -0700


On Apr 17, 2009, at 2:04 AM, Tim Mansour wrote:

Why bother with POSIX paths? Why not just:

tell application "Finder" to delete alias ((path to documents folder
as text) & "__MACOSX")

That's what I was thinking. Or use System Events instead of Finder. Using Finder puts the file into the trash; using System Events deletes the file completely.


-- Michelle

--
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a ride!!!"


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