On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:30 AM, Claudio Braga <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> removing the extension of the filename, any tricks to do this in the best way? Given that there are no out-of-the-box commands for this, do I just have to play with strings, looking for a . from the right etc.? looks a bit 'unprofessional'....

Well, if you need the extension, you can get it this way:

name extension of (info for someFile)

but if you want the filename with the extension removed, you're pretty
much stuck with string manipulation.  (Or else tricks where you tell
the Finder  not to include extensions and then ask it for the name,
but that's slow and hacky.)

You may find it less "unprofessional" to use the value of the name
extension to guide the manipulation, instead of using text item
delimiters or similar.  For example:

tell (info for someFile)
    set {theName, theExtension} to {name, name extension}
end
set bareName to text 1 through -(length of theExtension + 2) of theName


-- 
Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]>