Apple

However, while Shane's script to create new files works for invisible files (it does exist), I can’t check for it’s existance in the Finder, and it looks like I can’t write to it (it contains zero bytes, using File Buddy).

#The script, in Part

property mailManagerDesktopFolderPath : ((path to desktop as text) & "Mail

Manager Folder:")

tell application "Finder"

try

set temp to (my mailManagerDesktopFolderPath & ".File Mail Size”)

set tempMailDataOne to my readfile1(".File Mail Size")

set StartDateOne to item 1 of tempMailDataOne as date

set tempMailCountOne to (item 5 of tempMailDataOne) + 1

set my overallMailCount to tempMailCountOne

try

set pathToFile to (my mailManagerDesktopFolderPath & ".File Mail Size") as text

set theFile to pathToFile as «class furl»

set fileRef to open for access theFile with write permission

close access fileRef

my writeFile8(".File Mail Size", {StartDateOne as date, (current date) as date, 0, 0, tempMailCount, 0})

end try

set saveTheMailSizeData to (my mailManagerDesktopFolderPath) & ".File Mail Size"

tell application "System Events" to display dialog saveTheMailSizeData

if not (exists file saveTheMailSizeData) then

say "File missing"

end if

end tell