At 15:06 -0400 6/6/04, Ingo Weiss wrote: >how can i make a Perl droplet (A Perl script that processes files or >folders dropped onto it) fast and easily?
One way is to write a three line AppleScript. An advantage - or disadvantage - is that aliases and symbolic links will be resolved before you get the file to process. AppleScript has a "do shell script" command that doesn't care if the script is really perl. Sample code - for something else - is at: ftp://ftp.macnauchtan.com/Software/LineEnds/FixEndsFolder.sit ftp://ftp.macnauchtan.com/Software/LineEnds/ReadMe_fixends.txt You can also make a script into a package but getting a dropped file will require more: ftp://ftp.macnauchtan.com/Software/PrepAPPL/ReadMe_PrepAPPL.text ftp://ftp.macnauchtan.com/Software/PrepAPPL/PrepAPPL.scr Is a tcsh script I wrote which will make a double-clickable Finder-recognized app from a script. It does not pick up dropped items. -- --> Life begins at ovulation. Ladies should endeavor to get every young life fertilized. <--
