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Re: Mail GUI script error (koenig.yvan)
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Re: Mail GUI script error (koenig.yvan)


  • Subject: Re: Mail GUI script error (koenig.yvan)
  • From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:26:42 +0100

I guess that you read too fast.
What you posted is the description of what is returned when we use the option -s
In my script I don't use it, I use :
do shell script "ls -@lh '/Users/yvankoenig/Desktop/Léo Ferré CDs.pages/'"

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 28 février 2013 12:26:25



Le 28/02/2013 à 03:33, Douglas Stetner <email@hidden> a écrit :

> ls is giving you ( see 'man ls' ):
>
>             the number of file system blocks actually used by each file, in units of 512 bytes,
>             where partial units are rounded up to the next integer value.  If the output is to a terminal,
>             a total sum for all the file sizes is output on a line before the listing.  The environment
>             variable BLOCKSIZE overrides the unit size of 512 bytes
>
> so it is not looking into your other directories and it is only counting files.
>
> RTFM
>
> Doug
>
> On 28/02/2013, at 06:00 , email@hidden wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:22:37 +1100
>> From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
>> To: liste AppleScript US <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Mail GUI script error
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>> On 27/02/2013, at 12:25 AM, koenig.yvan <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> I forgot that ASObjC Runner is able to return the true size of a folder.
>>> Finder and System Events return the value missing only.
>>
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but a quick check with a package here gets the size OK with both Finder and SE. Is it just a problem with larger directories?
>>>
>>> Once I thought to the shell command ls but this one returns the physical size, not the total count of bytes.
>>
>> Are you sure about that? If I use ls with a Pages package, and add up all except the actual folder sizes, I get the same as in Get Info.
>>
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>> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:04:25 +0100
>> From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
>> To: liste AppleScript US <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Mail GUI script error
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>> Le 27/02/2013 à 01:22, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> a écrit :
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>>> On 27/02/2013, at 12:25 AM, koenig.yvan <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I forgot that ASObjC Runner is able to return the true size of a folder.
>>>> Finder and System Events return the value missing only.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm missing something, but a quick check with a package here gets the size OK with both Finder and SE. Is it just a problem with larger directories?
>>>>
>>>> Once I thought to the shell command ls but this one returns the physical size, not the total count of bytes.
>>>
>>> Are you sure about that? If I use ls with a Pages package, and add up all except the actual folder sizes, I get the same as in Get Info.
>>
>>
>> I re-ran the script used yesterdays and  got different results.
>> I can't work with a tool which returns missing value from time to time and the correct one at other times.
>>
>> The script :
>> set paquet to "Macintosh HD:Users:yvankoenig:Desktop:Léo Ferré CDs.pages:"
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>> 	activate
>> 	size of disk item paquet
>> end tell
>>
>> tell application "Finder"
>> 	size of item paquet
>> end tell
>>
>> quoted form of POSIX path of paquet
>> do shell script "ls -@lh " & result
>>
>> tell application "ASObjC Runner"
>> 	set fileInfo to about file paquet include only "size" with directory size
>> end tell
>>
>> The log report :
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>> 	activate
>> 	get size of disk item "Macintosh HD:Users:yvankoenig:Desktop:Léo Ferré CDs.pages:"
>> 		--> 2013900
>> end tell
>> tell application "Finder"
>> 	get size of item "Macintosh HD:Users:yvankoenig:Desktop:Léo Ferré CDs.pages:"
>> 		--> 2013900
>> end tell
>> tell current application
>> 	do shell script "ls -@lh '/Users/yvankoenig/Desktop/Léo Ferré CDs.pages/'"
>> 		--> "total 3816
>> -rw-r--r--  1 yvankoenig  staff   1.7M Feb 26 14:12 104_0469 2.JPG
>> -rw-r--r--  2 yvankoenig  staff    64K Feb 20 22:13 2013-02-20T22.06.10.png
>> drwxr-xr-x  3 yvankoenig  staff   102B Feb 26 14:13 Contents
>> drwxr-xr-x  3 yvankoenig  staff   102B Feb 26 14:13 QuickLook
>> -rw-r--r--  1 yvankoenig  staff   355B Feb 26 14:13 buildVersionHistory.plist
>> -rw-r--r--  1 yvankoenig  staff    78K Feb 26 14:13 index.xml.gz"
>> end tell
>> tell application "ASObjC Runner"
>> 	about file "Macintosh HD:Users:yvankoenig:Desktop:Léo Ferré CDs.pages:" include only "size" with directory size
>> 		--> {name:"Léo Ferré CDs.pages", size:2013900}
>> end tell
>>
>> The package contents :
>>
>> 104_0469 2.JPG >> 1794516 bytes
>> 2013-02-20T22.06.10.png >> 65540 bytes
>> buildVersionHistory.plist >> 355 bytes
>> Contents > PkgInfo >> 8 bytes
>> index.xml.gz >> 79415 bytes
>> QuickLook > Thumbnail.jpg >> 74066 bytes
>>
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>> Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 27 février 2013 10:04:00
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