Re: Finder "duplicate" requirements
Re: Finder "duplicate" requirements
- Subject: Re: Finder "duplicate" requirements
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:04:36 -0400
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 12:21 , Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> Le 29/06/2015 à 18:00, Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden> a écrit :
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 28, 2015, at 04:27 , Christopher Stone <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jun 28, 2015, at 02:14, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>> It's a common problem in Xcode-based apps, but I haven't noticed it in standard AppleScript before.
>>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Hey Shane,
>>>
>>> You mean in the Finder?
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> exists (get POSIX file posixPath)
>>> --> Finder got an error: Can’t get POSIX file "/Users/chris/test_directory/test".
>>>
>>> end tell
>>>
>>
>> I’ve noticed similar behavior with other apps.
>> If you pass the “command” as in :
>> exists (POSIX file posixPath)
>>
>> The command will fail, meaning it will not return what you expect.
>> However, declaring a variable before as in
>>
>> set pp to POSIX file posixPath
>> exists pp
>>
>> will always work.
>> The “get” inside the first command will always error.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Deivy Petrescu
>
> What you get is perfectly normal and logical.
>
> POSIX file belongs to the Osax Standard Additions so it's not supposed to be called in a tell application block.
>
>
> set posixPath to "what you want"
> tell application "Finder"
> exists (POSIX file posixPath)
> end tell
>
> violate the rule and so it fails.
>
> <snip>
> apply a logical syntax and so it works.
>
>
> Now, when we have a POSIX path, as System Events is aware of posix paths, isn't it more logical to use :
>
> tell application "System Events"
> exists disk item posixPath
> end tell
>
>
> Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 29 juin 2015 18:21:10
>
Yvan,
I used Posix path as an example.
I’ll check to see if it only happens with SA commands, but I don’t think so.
However, good observation.
Deivy Petrescu
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