can't import from file in OSX?

[Björnke von Gierke]

On Samstag, Feb 22, 2003, at 00:55 Europe/Zurich, Michael Hasak wrote:

> ...
> --put URL "file:~/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output" into field theOutput

wrong path: no tilde, and desktop must be something like this (asuming 
OS X) :
put url "file:users/username/desktop/radmingui/ps_output" into field 
"theOutput"
check also the the "specialFolderPath" property if you do not know the 
user of the desktop.

> --set the text of field theOutput to the text of URL "file:/etc/bashrc"

an url has no text:
set the text of field "theOutput" to URL "file:/etc/bashrc"
alternative (simpler) form:
put URL "file:/etc/bashrc" into field "theOutput"

> put "/Users/guest/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output" into theFile

puts it as a string, so theFile contains just the path to your file. 
Use the URL form:
put URL "file:/Users/guest/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output" into theFile

> get the fifth line of URL 
> "file:/Users/guest/Desktop/radmindgui/ps_output"
> put it into field theOutput

hmm... this should work as far as I see it... maybe there are no five 
lines in that file?
maybe wanna quote the field name (for excluding all possible errors):
put it into field "theOutput"

>
> I tried this with an http URL, and it worked fine.  The files in 
> question have been checked for the proper permissions 
> (world-readable).  I even tried creating a new stack and testing the 
> code in there.  Don't see any clues from previous posts to the list.
>
> Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

well 3 of 4 isn't  that bad :)