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Re: Creating Directories [message #16210 is a reply to message #16192]

Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00

Martin Schultz
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Registered: August 1997

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Struan Gray wrote:
>
> Just for completeness, here's how I do it on a Mac:
>
> script = 'tell application "Finder"'
> script = [script, ' make new folder at item "'+path+'"']
> script = [script, ' select result']
> script = [script, ' set name of selection to "'+newdir+'"']
> script = [script, 'end tell']
> do_apple_script, script
>
> How do the Slaves Of Gates do it?
>
> Struan

6 lines versus 3. Viva Unix (and it's flavors!)
(still shorter than my signature at the moment ;-)

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		Re: Creating Directories By: davidf on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: Jessica Kim on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: Struan Gray on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: luthi on Wed, 07 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: Martin Schultz on Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: Struan Gray on Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: luthi on Tue, 06 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: Harald Frey on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00
		Re: Creating Directories By: trondsen on Tue, 13 July 1999 00:00

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