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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: Emmanuel Levy <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:25:55 +0200

Title: Re: Simply deleting a fil
At 9:45 AM -0700 4/17/09, Michelle Steiner wrote:
set foo to ((path to desktop as text) & "untitled folder")
tell application "System Events"
        delete folder foo
end tell

This one, though, puts the folder in the trash:

tell application "Finder"
        set foo to item 1 of (get the selection)
end tell
tell application "System Events"
        delete foo
end tell

Thanks Michelle. I've always wondered why I never use System Events - now I know.

Emmanuel
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References: 
 >Re: Photomerge (From: Stan Cleveland <email@hidden>)
 >Simply deleting a fil (From: Satyam Satyanarayana <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Simply deleting a fil (From: Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Simply deleting a fil (From: Tim Mansour <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Simply deleting a fil (From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Simply deleting a fil (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Simply deleting a fil (From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>)

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