> In Applescript, this of course works fine: > > set filePath to "disk:folder:file" > set f to (open for access file filePath with write permission) > write theText to f > close access f As an alternative you can use the shell script method Copy cell "Whatever" of current record to theText Set theCommand to "echo " & quoted form of theText & " > ~/desktop/myfile.txt" Do shell script theCommand