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Re: get Applescript to act on a file once it has been downloaded
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Re: get Applescript to act on a file once it has been downloaded


  • Subject: Re: get Applescript to act on a file once it has been downloaded
  • From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:18:56 -0500

On Jul 11, 2014, at 22:36, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
There's really no need to get the Finder involved at all. You can instead try to coerce to an alias; it will only succeed if the file exists. So:
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Hey Shane,

I meant to add that to my post.  :(

Just because a file exists, doesn't mean it's been fully downloaded.

Absolutely true, but the do shell script process in the script should not return control to the main script until curl has finished its job.

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Take Care,
Chris

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