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Re: duplicate command


  • Subject: Re: duplicate command
  • From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:31:52 +0200


Le 12/04/2013 à 16:20, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> a écrit :

On Apr 12, 2013, at 8:26 AM, koenig.yvan wrote:

A password may be requested under Mountain Lion for some specific folders in which the system doesn't want changes.
The root of the boot volume is one of these folders.

Thanks!

I just tested my application in Mt Lion which uses 

do shell script "cp -np " & sourcePath & space & targetPath

When I tried to copy a message from Mail to the root of the boot volume,
I got an error message from the code, above, ending with the phrase
"Permission denied.". There was no request for a password.

A reading of the man page for 'cp' may reveal a detail on how handle a password.
It may not be an improvement over 'duplicate', however.


I didn't wrote the issued message but as you saw, the access was denied.

Now, use a correct script like :

(path to desktop as text) & "get archives AppleScript - stripped.scpt"
set sourcePath to quoted form of POSIX path of result
"Macintosh HD:"
set targetPath to quoted form of POSIX path of result

do shell script "cp -np " & sourcePath & space & targetPath with administrator privileges

You will be asked to type a password and the file will be duplicated.

As often, taking time to read the Standard Additions dictionary is useful.

do shell script v : Execute a shell script using the ‘sh’ shell
do shell script text : the shell script to execute.
[as type class] : the desired type of result; default is text (UTF-8)
[administrator privileges boolean] : execute the command as the administrator
[user name text] : use this administrator account to avoid a password dialog (If this parameter is specified, the “password” parameter must also be specified.)
[password text] : use this administrator password to avoid a password dialog
[altering line endings boolean] : change all line endings to Mac-style and trim a trailing one (default true)
→ text : the command output
For answers to commonly asked questions about do shell script, see Technical Note TN2065.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 12 avril 2013 17:31:47


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