Re: Finder seems to have trouble with POSIX
Re: Finder seems to have trouble with POSIX
- Subject: Re: Finder seems to have trouble with POSIX
- From: Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 11:50:47 -0700
Thanks, Deivy--
Now we have two great alternatives that work:
tell application "Finder" to exists F1 as POSIX file --from CK
tell application "System Events" to exists POSIX file F1 -- from you
Thanks to both of you!
--Gil
> On Aug 6, 2022, at 10:54 AM, Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On Aug 3, 2022, at 23:13, Gil Dawson via AppleScript-Users
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> Hi--
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>> I'm using macOS Mojave V10.14.6.
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>> Could someone please help me understand what is happening here?
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>> set F1 to "/Users/gil/Desktop/Temp Test File.pdf"
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>> log "F1=" & F1 --> (*F1=/Users/gil/Desktop/Temp Test File.pdf*)
>> log "POSIX file F1=" & POSIX file F1 --> (*POSIX file F1=Internal
>> SSD:Users:gil:Desktop:Temp Test File.pdf*)
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>> set PF1 to POSIX file F1
>> log "PF1=" & PF1 --> (*PF1=Internal SSD:Users:gil:Desktop:Temp Test
>> File.pdf*)
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>> tell application "Finder" to exists file F1 --> false (I expected an error)
>> tell application "Finder" to exists POSIX file F1 --> false (I expected
>> "true")
>> tell application "Finder" to exists (POSIX file F1) --> false (I expected
>> "true")
>> tell application "Finder" to exists PF1 --> true (I expected that!)
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>> I would have thought that the first of the last four lines would error and
>> the last three lines would all return "true".
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>> I'd appreciate help understanding this.
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>> --Gil
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> You had an excellent explanation.
> Now if I may, here is a suggestion, use System events instead of Finder.
> This would return true:
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> set F1 to "/Users/gil/Desktop/Temp Test File.pdf
> tell application “System Events" to exists file F1 --> true (if the file
> exists)
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> Best, be safe, wear mask, get vaccinated and keep social distance.
>
> Deivy Petrescu
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