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Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename
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Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename


  • Subject: Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 10:15:33 +1000

On 23 May 2014, at 7:20 am, Stan Cleveland <email@hidden> wrote:

name of files of folder "MacHD:Users:stanc:Desktop:Test:" whose displayed name is "Test_1.txt"
--> {"Test_00001.txt", "Test_0001.txt", "Test_001.txt", "Test_01.txt", "Test_1.txt"}

I like your code, if not your theory ;-) You've used a reference, and you have an incorrect result. There *is* a bug.

One more reason not to use the Finder.

-- 
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>

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References: 
 >Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename (From: Bert Groeneveld <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename (From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Finder's "exists" command ignores leading zero's in filename (From: Stan Cleveland <email@hidden>)

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