Newbie question re path names

[Terry Judd]

I think you're better off asking it to quit first with an applescript then
if that fails you can always kill it.

I'm pretty sure Ken (sonsothunder.com) has some tips that you might find
useful for this sort of stuff.

Terry...


On 9/1/09 1:58 PM, "Timothy Miller" <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com> wrote:

> Oops! "Kill Process" does make the application quit.
> 
> Is this command safe on Mac OS? The documentation is somewhat
> ambiguous on this point.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:
> 
>> Thanks everyone! It works now.
>> 
>> Is it okay to use the "Open Process" command instead? (It seems to
>> work.)
>> 
>> Can I also use a Rev command to quit an application?
>> 
>> I messed around with closeProcess but couldn't get it to work.
>> 
>> 
>> with:
>> 
>> answer there is a process "/Applications/Firefox.app"
>> 
>> I get "True"
>> 
>> with:
>> 
>>  close process "/Applications/Firefox.app"
>>  answer the result
>> 
>> I get an empty result, but Firefox doesn't quit. What am I doing
>> wrong?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Tim
> 
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Dr Terry Judd
Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design)
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne
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