Comparing filenames based on case sensitive filepaths

[Terry Judd]

Thanks Mike - I'll give that a try.

Terry...


On 10/03/11 1:18 AM, "Mike Bonner" <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Dr Terry Judd | Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
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The University of Melbourne