Re: File Duplication Question
Re: File Duplication Question
- Subject: Re: File Duplication Question
- From: "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:24:56 -0800
- Thread-topic: File Duplication Question
Title: Re: File Duplication Question
On 1/15/10 11:11 AM, "Oakley Masten" wrote:
>>Is there a limit to the number of characters that can be used in naming a file via AppleScript?
>>Changing the name of a file, on my Mac, by just editing it lets me use lots of characters.
>>I would think probably 255 but have not tested that.
>>Changing the name using AppleScript appears to limit me to 34 total characters.
>>>Is this accurate or where do I look to fix this.
Here’s a script that allows you to test it.
OMM it errors when x = 256.
But when you test it, I’d test it once on a file on your hard drive and once on a file on your network. You may find that on some shared volumes there is a limit to the number of characters in a file name, and that limit has nothing to do with applescript.
HTH,
ES
set myFile to choose file
set newFileName to ""
repeat with x from 1 to 300
set newFileName to newFileName & "A"
tell application "Finder"
try
set the name of myFile to newFileName
on error
display dialog x & return & newFileName
end try
end tell
end repeat
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