Arrrgh! Basic stuff! Sorry... > -----Original Message----- > From: Macintosh Scripting Systems > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Pugh > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:08 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: FW: Deleting a file > > At 12:00 PM -0600 12/19/08, john darnell wrote: > >I am trying to write a simple script to delete a file. The script > looks > >like this: > > > >set firstfile to "Macintosh > HD:Users:PRG03:Library:Preferences:Suitcase > >Preferences:FontTrackingFile" > >if file firstfile exists then > > set myresult to delete firstfile > >end if > > tell application "Finder" > set myFile to file "Macintosh > HD:Users:PRG03:Library:Preferences:Suitcase > Preferences:FontTrackingFile" > delete myFile > end tell > > The Finder manages files, not AppleScript itself. > > Jon