AppleScript Programming/Aliases and paths
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This page may need to be Paths appear like this in AppleScript:
''(Drive volume label)'':''Directory'':''Subdirectory'':Filename
These paths are different than the current OS X standard w:POSIX path of files, which works like this (example leads to Applications folder:
/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Applications/
To set a standard Applescript alias to a POSIX path (for use in telling the Terminal, etc.), use this command:
set newPath to (the POSIX path of oldPath)
assuming oldPath would be an alias or record of a finder item.
To convert a POSIX path to a standard Applescript alias (the inverse of the above command), use this command:
set newerPath to (POSIX file newPath)
