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Suzuka

Apr 21 2007, 02:26 AM

Im working on a script that will mount or unmount a drive depending on if its mounted or not, so far I have this,

CODE

tell application "Finder"

if exists folder "/Volumes/Advent iPod" = false then
diskutil mount "/dev/disk2s3"

else if exists folder "/Volumes/Advent iPod" = true then
diskutil unmount "/Volumes/Advent iPod"
end if
end tell

however, when I run it, I get a Syntax error

QUOTE

Expected “then”, etc. but found “.

it then highlights the " in the line

CODE

if exists folder "/Volumes/Advent iPod" = false then

what am I doing wrong, I'm not very experienced in applescripts

PascalW

Apr 22 2007, 08:16 PM

QUOTE(Suzuka @ Apr 21 2007, 04:26 AM)

Im working on a script that will mount or unmount a drive depending on if its mounted or not, so far I have this,

CODE

however, when I run it, I get a Syntax error
it then highlights the " in the line

CODE

if exists folder "/Volumes/Advent iPod" = false then

what am I doing wrong, I'm not very experienced in applescripts

You could try something like:

CODE

set x to "0"
try
    do shell script "ls '/Volumes/Advent iPod'"
on error
    set x to "1"
end try
if x = "0" then
    do shell script "disktool -u disk2s3"
else if x = "1" then
    do shell script "disktool -m disk2s3"
end if

Just save it as an applescript app and run it. If the ipod is mounted it will unmount it and quit the app, if it is not mounted it will mount it and then quit.

A Nonny Moose

Nov 8 2007, 04:00 AM

you shouldn't need the "" in the folder path unless you're trying to treat more than one word as a collective unit.

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