Launching a local file - NEW SOLUTION

[Richard Gaskin]

Ken Ray wrote:

>> I called it like this:
>> 
>> 
>> on mouseup
>> LaunchIt "/Volumes/FourthWorld/4W Catalog/webmerge/WebMerge
>> 2.0/WebMerge Help/WebMerge_Help/WebMergeHelp.html"
>> end mouseup
>> 
>> 
>> And got an error:
>> 
>> 
>> Error:usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src target
>> cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src1 ... srcN directory
> 
> It's the space in the "WebMerge Help" part of your path. You'll needt to
> surround the paths in quotes, both for the "cp" line and the "mv" line:
> 
> get shell("cp" && q(pPath) && q(tDestPath))
> 
> get shell("mv" && q(tDestPath) && q(pPath))

Got it -- works great.  Funky, but functional (ah, Mac OS ::sigh::).

For the benefit of others not using a q function, it's simply:

  function q s
     return quote&s&quote
  end q


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 Richard Gaskin 
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