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Re: do shell script question
From:
"J. Stewart" <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:35:58 -0400
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On 4/18/06 at -0500 RJay Hansen said this

>do shell script "nvram boot-args=\"romndrv=1\"" user name "rjay" 
>password "" with administrator privileges
>
>Now when I check syntax, it complains about "user name" following the 
>closing quote of the command (a property can't go after this ""). Can 
>anyone help?

That compiles just fine OMM in 10.4.6. This form may work better for you though.

set scpt to "nvram boot-args=\"romndrv=1\""
do shell script scpt user name "rjay" password "" with administrator privileges

JBS
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