On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 11:49:34PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> How about this Applescript:
>
> <script>
>
> on open file_list
>
> tell application "Finder"
> repeat with floppy_image_file in file_list
> set the creator type of floppy_image_file to "ddsk"
> set the file type of floppy_image_file to "DDim"
> set the locked of floppy_image_file to true
> end repeat
> end tell
>
> tell application "Disk Copy"
> activate
> repeat with floppy_image_file in file_list
> with timeout of 900 seconds
> create a floppy from file floppy_image_file with erase confirmation
> without signature verification and make multiple floppies
> end timeout
> end repeat
> end tell
>
> end open
>
> </script >
looks ok, though i don't really grok applescript.
> You just drag the image file to it. But it would need to be put alongside
> the other Mac utilities like BootX and BootVars, binhexed, in order to
> retain its resource fork and thus its usefulness as a MacOS app.
or just include it as a text file, then the user can open it in
applescript and run it from there. since they are installing a *nix
they should be able to handle that.
--
Ethan Benson
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