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Re: Automating Disk Utility
From:
John Baxter <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:59:10 -0800
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On Jan 16, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

>
>> do shell script "hdiutil create -srcfolder /Users/lively/Desktop/ 
>> untitled\\ folder/ /tmp/junk2.dmg"
>
> Where did this back-slashes come into the picture? None of the  
> message traffic, heretofore, mentioned such.

The second backslash is there to protect the space in "untitiled  
folder" from the shell.

The first backslash is there to protect the second backslash from  
AppleScript.

   --John

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