Re: File reference problems in Snow Leopard
Re: File reference problems in Snow Leopard
- Subject: Re: File reference problems in Snow Leopard
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:38:36 +1000
- Thread-topic: File reference problems in Snow Leopard
On 15/9/09 6:27 PM, "Håvard Graudo" <email@hidden> wrote:
> on 10.5 (and earlier)
> alias "some:file"
> errors if file is not there.
> Will alias now accept a non-existent file on 10.6, or did I miss
> something here?
Yes -- the change was made in 10.5. From the Leopard release notes at <
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/releasenotes/AppleScript/RN-AppleScri
pt/RN-10_5/RN-10_5.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000982-CH105-SW1>:
"Object specifiers other than application and date specifiers, in particular
alias "..." and POSIX file "...", are not evaluated at compile time, and
will be left exactly as originally typed."
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
AppleScript Pro Sessions <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>
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