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Re: Scripting Filepaths

  • Subject: Re: Scripting Filepaths
  • From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:54:37 -0700
On Jul 29, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Jon Rosen wrote:

This works fine: open POSIX file "/Users/admin/Desktop/Sheaffer Flattop.png"

This does not:		open POSIX file "~/Desktop/Sheaffer Flattop.png"

I don't understand why "~" doesn't work with AppleScript filepaths.

"~" is a feature of shells, not a feature of POSIX paths. Shells expand "~" to construct the full path, then pass it to commands.

--
Chris Page

 The other, other AppleScript Chris

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