Re: path to a script
Re: path to a script
- Subject: Re: path to a script
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:20:43 -0600
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Jim Brandt wrote: Is there an accepted way to obtain the folder path that contains a script?
Here's what I'm trying to do.
I want to launch script "a.scpt" using cron - at a certain time of day. Script "a.scpt" needs to run script "b.scpt". a.scpt and b.scpt will always reside in the same folder.
A suggestion. Write a script and save it as an application bundle. I will call this application "A.app". Put "a.scpt" and "b.scpt" into the /Contents/Resources/ folder in the bundle of "A.app". When cron launches "A.app", "A.app" loads "a.scpt" and "b.scpt" and runs "a.scpt" or one of its handlers. "a.scpt" and "b.scpt" can call each other, or whatever they need to do, without knowing where the script files are located. Only "A.app" needs to know the location of the script files, which are internal and can't get lost.
I've done this and it works, but I've never used cron, so I don't know if it's compatible with launching applications.
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