Common writable folders

[J. Landman Gay]

Jim Ault wrote:
> On 1/18/07 11:41 AM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>> Thanks. It's the space in "Application Support" that is causing the
>> trouble. I ran it in the Applescript editor and it really doesn't like
>> my file path. If I use slashes, it complains and won't compile. If I use
>> colons, it puts out two errors:
>>
>>   No such file or directory ":Library:Application:"
>>   No such file or directory "Support:myFolder:"
>>
>> Blech.
> 
> You might try the form:
> 
> alias "path:folder:file"  -- in quotes for Applescript syntax
> ------- test 1 ------------------

Thanks. Tried it, but no go. Applescript won't compile if there is a 
space in the folder name, even though the above returns the correct path 
(with the space.)

Can anyone try this? I need to point to a folder in "Application 
Support" and chmod the folder to 777.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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