script for unmounting volume

[Jocke Bohlin]

Hello

 

I want to unmount my network volume "Backup-disc" with an applescript. I´m running OS9.2 Why does not this work:

 

tell application "Finder"

if disk "Backup-disc" exists then

eject "Backup-disc"

end tell

 

The result is syntaxerror "Expected "Else" but found "End Tell"."

 

//Jocke

[Infamous]

you did not specify what do do if backup-disc doesnt exist

 

that's why you need to put _else_ there

[McSkywalker]

The eject command refers to CD's in mac OS 9, I think.

 

Instead, try this script:

 

tell application "Finder"

if disk "Backup-disc" exists then

move disk "Backup-disc" to trash

end if

end tell

 

It ejects the volume, but finder prompts you whether you want to eject it or not.

I just tested this script on my good old iMac G3, under mac OS 9 and it works.

 

The help for script editor was better in 8.5 or 8.6, as far as I remember..

[A Nonny Moose]

Unfortunately, you can't GUI script, so the if/then scenario works out the best

[McSkywalker]

Unfortunately, you can't GUI script, so the if/then scenario works out the best

 

Do you have a better thing to eject volumes? I would really like to do it without the finder prompt.

[A Nonny Moose]

In OS X you can script the GUI using System Events. You can go to the Applescript forum here and find a tutorial on how to do it. I don't think it will work in the Classic OS though.

[McSkywalker]

Ok, thank you. I haven't been using applescript for a while, and've forgotten quite a lot. Not unrecoverable, anyway