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Re: Load script setback (was I'm still Chris etc...)
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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:14:11 -0500
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On Dec 15, 2009, at 2:11 AM, Chris Harbinson wrote:

> Learned a lot from this.
> 
> Dropping the POSIX path and going for file was the first breakthrough, as suggested by Mark Lively.
> 
> Is there an advantage to using POSIX path?
> 
Posix path is useful to reach things in a unix-y manner.  You need them to do shell scripts.  It's also useful for getting to folders in a machine independent way.  /Users/Shared is always /users/shared while it could be "Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:"
of "Dan's HD:Users:Shared:"

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