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Re: AppleScript-Users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 379
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Re: AppleScript-Users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 379

  • Subject: Re: AppleScript-Users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 379
  • From: Stacy Proficy <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:01:03 -0500
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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Library Confusion (Jan Geerling)
   2. Re: Library confusion (David Gregg)
   3. Re: Library Confusion (Luther Fuller)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 19:40:59 +0200
From: Jan Geerling <email@hidden>
To: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
Cc: Applescript Users <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Library Confusion
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Hi Luther,

This is how i do it - not with Finder but with System Events.
Still works good with Maverick :

tell application "System Events"
        set a to path of preferences folder
        set b to path of library folder
end tell

Greetings,

Jan



Op 8 okt 2014, om 18:51 heeft Luther Fuller het volgende geschreven:

> After eliminating everything not involved with this problem in
> Mavericks (10.9.5)
> I have arrived at this short script ...
>
> tell application "Finder"
>       set folderRef to get folder "Filesystems" of folder "Library" of
> folder "System" of startup disk
> end tell
> folderRef as alias --> alias "OSX_Mavericks:Library:Filesystems:"
> INCORRECT
> folderRef as text as alias --> alias
> "OSX_Mavericks:System:Library:Filesystems:"
>
> But is it a system problem or a problem with AppleScript's aliasing ?
> And should I bug-report this ?
>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:39:31 -0600
From: David Gregg <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Library confusion
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Hi Luther,

There might be a bug but you can get around it by avoiding the Finder.

The path to most of the common important folders, as hinted by Jan, can be picked up through use of the Standard Additions dictionary (see below with highlights) so you can then use it outside of a tell block. In my case I usually set it up as a property but it can also be used in a set statement as well. Note that you can easily concatenate a string of the subfolders to that path if you keep it as a string.

e.g.
property folderRef: (path to library folder from system domain as string) & "Filesystems"

-- or

set folderRef to (path to library folder from system domain as string) & "Filesystems"
-> "Mavericks:System:Library:Filesystems"
set folderRef to alias folderRef -- if you actually need or prefer an alias
-> alias "Mavericks:System:Library:Filesystems"

Regards
David

Standard Additions dictionary

path to v : Return the full path to the specified folder
path to application support/‌applications folder/‌desktop/‌desktop pictures folder/‌documents folder/‌downloads folder/‌favorites folder/‌Folder Action scripts/‌fonts/‌help/‌home folder/‌internet plugins/‌keychain folder/‌library folder/‌modem scripts/‌movies folder/‌music folder/‌pictures folder/‌preferences/‌printer descriptions/‌public folder/‌scripting additions folder/‌scripts folder/‌services folder/‌shared documents/‌shared libraries/‌sites folder/‌startup disk/‌startup items/‌system folder/‌system preferences/‌temporary items/‌trash/‌users folder/‌utilities folder/‌workflows folder/‌voices/‌apple menu/‌control panels/‌control strip modules/‌extensions/‌launcher items folder/‌printer drivers/‌printmonitor/‌shutdown folder/‌speakable items/‌stationery : the folder to return
[from system domain/‌local domain/‌network domain/‌user domain/‌Classic domain] : where to look for the indicated folder
[as type class] : the type to return: alias or string (default is alias)
[folder creation boolean] : Create the folder if it doesn’t exist? (default is true)
→ alias : the path to the specified folder

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:58:31 -0500
From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
To: Applescript Users <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Library Confusion
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The only valid work-around for this problem is to convert a reference to an alias via text,
as in ...

        folderRef as text as alias

This gives the correct result every time.

But, where is the bug ? Is it in the system or AppleScript ?

I'm thinking that it's in the system, because a reference to a folder contained in startupDisk:System:Library:
but not in startupDisk:Library: does not produce the erroneous result.

But, I could be wrong. Opinions welcomed.



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