Alex MacCaw wrote:
> I'm making a cross platform script that sends files to the trash (or
> recycle bin), but am having trouble with the applescript version:
>
> Here's the applescript which I'm trying to generate:
>
> tell application "Finder"
> move path to the trash
> end tell
>
> And the py-appscript version (which doesn't work):
>
> app('Finder').move(os.path.abspath(path), to=k.trash)
>
> Can anyone give me any pointers on how to get the appscript version
> working?
Couple of things:
- The 'to' argument should be a reference, not a constant.
- Finder expects an HFS path string, alias object, or Finder
reference. Python uses POSIX path strings.
Example solution:
from appscript import *
import mactypes
f = mactypes.Alias(os.path.abspath(path))
app('Finder').move(f, to=app.trash)
If you're new to appscript but familiar with AppleScript, ASTranslate
can provide helpful hints when translating AppleScript commands to
their appscript equivalents:
http://appscript.sourceforge.net/tools.html
HTH
has
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Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC:
http://appscript.sourceforge.net
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