Re: Checking on the existence of a file
Re: Checking on the existence of a file
- Subject: Re: Checking on the existence of a file
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:44:08 +1100
On 02/11/2012, at 9:39 AM, Stan Cleveland <email@hidden> wrote:
> Um, wouldn't that need to be a property?
It could be, but it wouldn't have to be; that's really an implementation detail. The file system could be the implied container for files.
> And how would a file that doesn't exist provide a result for that?
You can create a «furl» for a file that doesn't exists.
FWIW, in a perfect world I tend to agree with Chris. But the world of Finder and System Events scripting is so far from perfect, that asking them instead of using the alias trick is too much a matter of style over substance.
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Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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