On 1 Oct 2014, at 04:17, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Terminal enter the following:
>
> find $PWD
>
> The output will be on each line the full path of either a Folder or a file.
>
> I just copied and pasted the output into a Text editor which then
> reports the number of lines - in my case it's 527579
>
> Next, in LC in the msg box
>
> put shell("find $PWD") into tStore
> --put tStore & cr into msg
> put the number of lines of tStore after msg
>
> In my case the output is: 17794.
>
> Obviously this is a big difference. If you want to check the actual
> output you can uncomment the line that will put tStore into msg, but
> at this stage I only wish to confirm that the number of lines
> (Folders/files) outputed is different.
Out of interest - are you setting the defaultFolder before running this? Try
running ‘put shell(“echo $PWD”)’ and make sure it is definitely running in your
user folder and not /Applications (on OSX, the defaultFolder is initially
/Applications).
Regards,
Fraser
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