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Re: Second email attempt - Backing up with Stuffit and Applescript
From:
John Delacour <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:27:45 +0100
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At 12:06 pm -0500 25/6/07, john darnell wrote:

>     set TheFolder to POSIX path of "Macintosh HD:ABC Folder:"
>     --set TheFolder to POSIX path of "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/ABC Folder/"
>     --set TheFolder to "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/ABC Folder"
>     --set TheFolder to "Volumes/Macintosh HD/ABC Folder/"
>     --set TheFolder to "Volumes/Macintosh HD/ABC Folder"
>     --set TheFolder to "//ABC Folder/"
>     --set TheFolder to "//ABC Folder"
>     --set TheFolder to "/ABC Folder/"
>     --set TheFolder to "/ABC Folder"
>     --set TheFolder to "Macintosh HD/ABC Folder/"
>     --set TheFolder to "Macintosh HD/ABC Folder"
>     --set TheFolder to "Macintosh HD:ABC Folder:"
>     --set TheFolder to "Macintosh HD:ABC Folder"
>
>The message I am getting from Stuffit is as follows:
>
>Stuffit Deluxe got an error: Can't get {path}
>
>where path is the appropriate variation commented out above.
>
>What am I doing wrong?

try

set _folder to "/ABC Folder" as POSIX file

JD

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