Re: Wasting my time with do shell script "sips ... and long path
Re: Wasting my time with do shell script "sips ... and long path
- Subject: Re: Wasting my time with do shell script "sips ... and long path
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:34:17 -0500
I've got some great ones if you want, or I could post them here.
On Aug 22, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Emile Schwarz wrote:
> Hi,
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> I just wasted my whole afternoon trying to make a script using do shell script "sips...
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> to discover, some minutes ago, that the trouble came because of the place in the hierarchy of my front window (the pathname is too long or...)
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> Sometimes I have crazy ideas (the best) and I tried one: moving the target window into the Macintosh HD root (boot) folder, so I will not have trouble because of the path.
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> IT WORKED and I changed nothing in my script (I still have tons of windows opens in the Finder, tons of applications running and some hair are on the floor!).
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> So, now you know that, maybe, a folder move (up, really up) in the hard disk folder hierarchy can squash that f$$$ bug!
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> BTW: fortunately, I was running Snow Leopard 'cause I have to give my admin password to be able to add (create) a folder in the hard disk boot under Lion.
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> HTH,
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> Emile
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> PS: all I wanted to do is a simple drop box (AppleScript application) that receive a pdf (on enter) and generate a jpg (before leaving); I was a bit tired to issue tons of Terminal lines to do that!
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