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Re: What is wrong with my script
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Re: What is wrong with my script


  • Subject: Re: What is wrong with my script
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:03:49 -0700

On 2009-09-11, at 11:53:39, xorx wrote:

Running the following script in AppleScript editor creates error -1728:

--start
 set AS_path to POSIX file "/Applications/"
 tell application "Finder"
set dat to modification date of AS_path
 end tell
--end

It says that "modification date of file "/Applications/"" could not be read. This error happens with all possible properties of file objects. The file obviously exists and I have no clue why this does not work...

Firstly, the preferred application for such info is now "System Events". Otherwise the other observations made are good as well:

tell application "System Events" to set mdate to modification date of applications folder


Philip Aker
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