Re: What gives here finder
Re: What gives here finder
- Subject: Re: What gives here finder
- From: WalterStuartBushell via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 20:06:52 -0500
Thanks, Yes, about half an hour after I posted that I saw what it must be.
When in doubt add parentheses.
> On Nov 5, 2019, at 5:17 PM, Barry Wainwright <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> It’s interpreting it as “ get (file type of x) as alias
>
>
> ‘X’ is already an alias, the file type of X is “osas”, so you’re trying to
> coerce “osas” to an alias and it can’t find any such file in the current
> directory.
>
> Best Regards,
> Barry Wainwright
>
>> On 5 Nov 2019, at 22:07, WalterStuartBushell via AppleScript-Users
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is there something I don’t understand here. I did not try to reference file
>> “osas”
>> but finder throws an error anyways.
>>
>> 10.13.6 my machine won’t support 14 script editor 2.10
>>
>> Applescripts is in Documents, but does appear in Finder favorites sidebar.
>>
>>
>> Running this
>> tell application “Finder"
>>
>> set x to POSIX file "/AppleScripts/Change file name.scpt" as alias
>> get file type of x as alias
>> end tell
>> ———————————————————
>> get file type of alias "After Ewe:AppleScripts:Change file name.scpt"
>> --> "osas"
>> Result:
>> error "File osas wasn’t found." number -43 from "osas"
>>
>>
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