Re: On the difficulties of "/"" in Applescript with example
Re: On the difficulties of "/"" in Applescript with example
- Subject: Re: On the difficulties of "/"" in Applescript with example
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:12:21 +1100
On 19 Oct 2013, at 2:03 AM, Walter Bushell <email@hidden> wrote:
> tell application "AppleScript Editor"
> choose file
> --> alias "After Ewe Firewire:Users:Walter:Music:\\\"ur\\\"file"
> end tell
> tell application "Finder"
> get alias "After Ewe Firewire:Users:Walter:Music:\\\"ur\\\"file"
> --> document file "\\\"ur\\\"file" of folder "Music" of folder "Walter" of folder "Users" of startup disk
> (*document file \"ur\"file of folder Music of folder Walter of folder Users of startup disk*)
> get document file "\\\"ur\\\"file" of folder "Music" of folder "Walter" of folder "Users" of startup disk
> --> alias "After Ewe Firewire:Users:Walter:Music:\\\"ur\\\"file"
> end tell
> (*alias After Ewe Firewire:Users:Walter:Music:\"ur\"file*)
> tell application "Finder"
> get name of document file "\\\"ur\\\"file" of folder "Music" of folder "Walter" of folder "Users" of startup disk
> --> "\\\"ur\\\"file"
> end tell
> Result:
> "\\\"ur\\\"file"
That suggests the file appears to the user in the Finder as \"ur\"file, not "ur"file. In which case, I can't see any problem; the \ is being escaped, as is the quote.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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