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~pcwiz

May 15 2008, 12:10 AM

Hi,

I am using AppleScript with POSIX paths and I am having trouble here. So say if I did this:

set theFile to choose file with prompt "Choose a file" without invisibles

The variable "theFile" would be something like this when I choose the file:

HD:Kexts:mykext.kext

So then I use POSIX to change the colons into slashes:

set theFilePOSIX to POSIX path of theFile

And the value of theFilePOSIX would be like:

HD/Kexts/mykext.kext/

The problem is that POSIX puts a slash at the end of mykext.kext, so it gets messed up, any way to remove this slash?

Airr

May 16 2008, 04:26 AM

Here's one way:

CODE

set theFile to POSIX path of (choose file with prompt "Choose a file" without invisibles)
set theLength to (length of theFile) - 1
set theFile to characters 1 thru theLength of theFile as string

AIR.

~pcwiz

May 16 2008, 08:12 PM

Thanks, but the problem with that method and the other one I tried is, strangely POSIX puts an extra slash on some kexts, but not for others, so sometimes it works for some kexts and for others it doesn't. I found the perfect solution though.

CODE

tell application "System Events" to set newVariable to POSIX path of oldVariable

Works fantastic.

Airr

May 17 2008, 04:09 AM

QUOTE(~pcwiz @ May 16 2008, 04:12 PM)

CODE

tell application "System Events" to set newVariable to POSIX path of oldVariable

Nice one!

Thanks for the tip!

AIR.

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