Something Screwy With File Creation in OS X?

[Dave Cragg]

At 12:46 am -0700 29/8/03, Dan Shafer wrote:
>OK, I know it's late and I suspect this is something stupid I'm
>overlooking but I've bashed my head about enough tonight.
>
>I have a script:
>
>on mouseUp
>   global someVar
>   put someVar into URL "file:foo.txt"
>end mouseUp
>
>Works fine. Returns empty result. From the message box, I can type:
>
>get url "file:foo.txt"; put it
>
>and I get the expected result.
>
>But Finder is completely unable to locate the file. Searches for the
>file name by every possible criterion come up empty. I want to use a
>text editor to examine the file for instructional purposes but I
>can't find the darned thing.
>
>OK, I'm ready with the Stupid Stick.

Any chance you have the Finder set to search in Home (on OS X) or 
some other limited location?

Cheers
Dave