Re: name of the current desktop picture
Re: name of the current desktop picture
- Subject: Re: name of the current desktop picture
- From: John Baltutis <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 12:20:07 -0700
On 5/11/14, Robert Poland <email@hidden> wrote:
> On May 11, 2014, at 10:33:AM, koenig.yvan <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Le 11/05/2014 à 18:15, Luther Fuller <email@hidden>a écrit :
>>> On May 11, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Robert Poland wrote:
>>>
>>>> I want th find the name of the current desktop picture.
>>>
>>> Do these two lines of code give you anything useful ...
>>>
>>> tell application "System Events" to (picture of current desktop) as alias
>>> tell application "Finder" to name of the result
>>>
>>> The only problem I see is that the name is returned with the file extension.
>>
>> Good point Luther.
>> The extension is not a problem as Robert asked for it in its late message
>>(the extension is not available in the GUI).
>> Here is an edited version written because I don't see the need to speakto
>>the Finder.
>> I defined two variables so the full pathname will be already available when
>>Robert will ask for it
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>> set backGroundPath to (picture of current desktop) # returns an Unix path
>> set backGroundName to name of disk item result
>> end tell
>
> Works and avoids the Sandbox issues.
This one-liner works in Snow Leopard and should in later OSs.
tellapplication "System Events"to name of ((picture of current desktop) as
alias)
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