Re: Why is the initial working directory of 'do script' root?
Re: Why is the initial working directory of 'do script' root?
- Subject: Re: Why is the initial working directory of 'do script' root?
- From: "Anthony Adachi" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:28:34 -0400
On Mon, 11 May 2009 21:51:26 -0700 Philip Aker wrote:
>What you can rely on in Mac OS X AppleScript is the 'path to ...' command
>for getting well known system locations (including the current user's
>desktop, home, and other user sub-directories) and also, for running
>AppleScripts (i.e. those not being edited by a script editor), the 'path
>to me' command to give you the location of the script/applet/droplet
>currently being run. If you need to run a shell script in a location
>relative to the currently running script it's:
>
>set p2m to quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to me))
>do shell script "cd " & p2m & "; code-here"
You must of been reading my mind because that was going to be my next
question: Reliable, recommended syntax to run shell script commands
relative to the currently running script.
On Tue, 12 May 2009 12:02:51 -0700 Chris Nebel wrote:
>For a normally-launched application, neither the parent nor its
>working directory is well-defined. These days it's launchd(8) and /,
>but that's changed a few times in the past, may change again, and
>isn't under user control, hence the warning to not rely on it.
I appreciate that bit of clarity and insight.
Thanks again everyone for the help and the clarifications!
Take care,
-Anthony
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