AppleScript: UNIX and HFS Filenames
24 Jan, 2004
In my ongoing attempt to perfect my iPhoto to Movable Type solution, I ran into the need to convert a Unix path (/tmp/foo.jpg) into an HFS style path (Mac HD:tmp:foo.jpg) that plays nicely with AppleScript's 'read' command.
Apparently this isn't all that common an issue, since file paths tend to be grabbed programmatically by AppleScript... but because I'm doing stuff with shell commands I'm working with Unix paths.
After much Googling, I found my answer in the first comment of a post on macosxhints.com.
In a nutshell, to convert a string representing a Unix file path into an HFS file path, do like so:
posix file "/path/to/my/file.txt"
This is probably not news to anybody who actually knows AppleScript, but I'm still stumbling my way along, grabbing other people's code and making educated guesses. The plain English style syntax is disconcerting.
Popular
Recently Perused
- Found my misplaced Hero 329! It had been in the truck for a few weeks. #fountainpen — 4 years 44 weeks ago
- Note to speakers & writers of the English language. It's D-R-A-W-E-R, not "draw". They speak english in what? — 4 years 44 weeks ago
- How to compile + install xdebug for entropy.ch PHP5 on OS X Leopard: http://is.gd/4WkwW — 4 years 44 weeks ago
- RT @ebertchicago: Martin Scorsese's list of the Top 11 Horror Films of All Time. http://j.mp/2AfcFX (yep, The Changling is on it) — 4 years 44 weeks ago
- @krazykatmama it's OK, our neighbor saw my plight on Facebook and within 10 minutes came over and brought us cupcakes! — 4 years 44 weeks ago