Comparing filenames based on case sensitive filepaths

[Mike Bonner]

forgot the quotes.

get shell("ls myTest |grep `ls -d myTest` -")

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I understand what you mean, this might work
>
> set the defualtfolder to justAbovethedirectoryToBeChecked
> get shell(ls myTest |grep `ls -d myTest` -) --myTest is the folder name and
> the filename
> if it is empty then
> answer information "They differ"
> else
> answer information "They match"
> end if
>
> I don't have a mac to test on, and so don't know if  ls is case sensitive
> on mac. Even if it isn't, I THINK it will work since it should return the
> actual case of the file and folder names at which point, grep is case
> sensitive so should work fine.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:11 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
>
>> On 3/8/11 10:44 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It's because of a weird glitch on OSX 10.5. If you have an old-style (non
>>> bundle) Mac app that is named the same (case sensitive) as its parent
>>> folder
>>> then you cant launch it other than by double-clicking its icon (shell,
>>> Livecode and Applescript launch methods all fail). Change the case of one
>>> character in either the folder or the filename and you can launch it any
>>> old
>>> way.
>>>
>>
>> That's just bizarre. I'm surprised you could isolate it. Your sleuthing
>> techniques are pretty good.
>>
>>
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