Works fine here. Maybe you try : set srcPathUnix to quoted form of (POSIX path of srcPath) set dstPathUnix to quoted form of (POSIX path of savePath) do shell script "hdiutil create -srcfolder " & srcPathUnix & space & dstPathUnix & " -format UDZO -ov" user name thisUser password userPW with administrator privileges Andreas On 07.12.2009, at 10:21, Chuck Pelto wrote: > I had a script for making DMGs of user folders that worked under > Tiger. > > I've moved to Snow Leopard and now that script fails at this call: > > do shell script "hdiutil create -srcfolder '" & srcPathUnix & "' '" > & dstPathUnix & "' -format UDZO -ov" user name thisUser password > userPW with administrator privileges > > Where the srcPathUnix and dstPathUnix are derived from > > set srcPathUnix to (POSIX path of srcPath) > > set dstPathUnix to (POSIX path of savePath) > > > Has something changed in how to make the "do shell script" call? > > Regards, > > Chuck