3/12/02 chris :
>And, does anyone know if there is a script command in OS X that converts
>between OS X paths and OS 9 paths?
>(ie: "/Users/chrisb/Documents/myFile" to "Hard
>Drive:Users:chrisb:Documents:myFile")
I didn't try to use it, but I happen to have found that just a minute ago
in AppleScript's dictionary (AppleScript 1.8.3, Mac OS 9.2.2):
Class file specification : a file specification as used by the operating
system
Plural form:
file specifications
Properties:
POSIX path string [r/o] -- the POSIX path of the file
Class alias : a file on a disk or server. The file must exist when you
check the syntax of your script.
Plural form:
aliases
Properties:
POSIX path string [r/o] -- the POSIX path of the file
BTW, I often wondered how to open AppleScript's own dictionary in Apple's
Script Editor, and I still don't know (it isn't listed in the file
dialog), but I inadvertently hit "Command-Shift-F" while "alias" was
selected in Smile and discovered that Smile can.
"Command-Shift-F" triggers Smile's brilliant "Find definition" command,
which looks up the selection in available dictionaries (some basic terms
like set, return, repeat won't be found, but pretty much everything else
will, sometimes in the wrong dictionary for homonymic terms).
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VRic
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