Re: How can I control invisible files
Re: How can I control invisible files
- Subject: Re: How can I control invisible files
- From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:13:13 -0700
Chris,
"home"?
Does that delete from the frontmost finder window or???
On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Christopher Nebel <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 2, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Robert Poland <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I just discovered that when scripting Finder windows (size, location, etc.), if they misbehave, deleting the .DS_Store file helps.
>>
>> Only problem is that, apparently, the invisibles must be visible to delete them.
>>
>> Question; Is there a way to detect and control the Hide/Show Invisibles.
>>
>> if controlKeyDown then -- delete file ".DS_Store
>> delete file ".DS_Store"
>> end if
>
> Finder will happily let you deal with invisible items, but only if you refer to them as "items":
>
> tell app "Finder" to delete item ".DS_Store" of home
>
> To get Finder to show you everything, including invisible files:
>
> defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES ; killall Finder
>
>
> --Chris Nebel
> AppleScript Engineering
>
Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
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