Re: Options for file operations
Re: Options for file operations
- Subject: Re: Options for file operations
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:46:29 +1100
- Thread-topic: Options for file operations
On 11/2/11 8:03 AM, "Stan Cleveland" <email@hidden> wrote:
> - the Finder drags along its sluggish UI
And then some...
> - System Events can't duplicate files or folders
> - the 'do shell script' command has some overhead
But nothing compared with that of the two above.
>
> Do any of you list gurus who know AppleScript "under-the-hood" have any
> thoughts as to which application (of the above three, another one, or a mix)
> will provide the best balance of reliability and speed (with emphasis on
> reliability)?
do shell script will win easily for both reliability and speed (and the fact
that shell commands don't need rewriting with OS upgrades, as happens
all-too-often with System Events stuff). The only downside is that very long
operations (say, big copies to remote disks) are susceptible to the
escape-key bug.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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