Cop-y file to preference folder

"Jolly Roger" wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to script the copy of a preference file that lives inside a
> > package in a disk image to the users preference folder. Both source &
> > destination folders need to be determined on the fly and can not be
hard
> > coded. I'm fairly new to AppleScript, but though this would be easy (I
have
> > now spent the entire day on this!).
>
> Open the "Standard Additions" dictionary and look at the "path to"
> command. That command will let you get the path to the preferences
> folder for the current user.
>
> It sounds like you are saying your script needs to calculate the path to
> something in a package residing on a disk image. You'll have to explain
> what information your script *does* know about the package or disk
> image. To start with, what's the disk image name? What's the package
> name? Is the script itself included on this disk image?
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"Jack B. Pollack" wrote:

(nothing)

Mistaken post?

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"Jolly Roger" wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to script the copy of a preference file that lives inside a
> > package in a disk image to the users preference folder. Both source &
> > destination folders need to be determined on the fly and can not be
hard
> > coded. I'm fairly new to AppleScript, but though this would be easy (I
have
> > now spent the entire day on this!).
>
> Open the "Standard Additions" dictionary and look at the "path to"
> command. That command will let you get the path to the preferences
> folder for the current user.
>
> It sounds like you are saying your script needs to calculate the path to
> something in a package residing on a disk image. You'll have to explain
> what information your script *does* know about the package or disk
> image. To start with, what's the disk image name? What's the package
> name? Is the script itself included on this disk image?
>
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> JR


Thanks for your post.

That is sort of what I have been playing with all day.

I have tries variations of setting source to path to me as text and
destination to path to preferences as text.
Then "copy file" or "duplicate" but have not been able to get the file over
there.

The disk image name is "Update Settings" and the package name is "Double
click me". I am saving the script as a "Application Bundle" and putting a
preconfigured preference file within that package.
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In article ,
"Jack B. Pollack" wrote:

> "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
>
> > In article ,
> > "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to script the copy of a preference file that lives inside a
> > > package in a disk image to the users preference folder. Both source &
> > > destination folders need to be determined on the fly and can not be
> hard
> > > coded. I'm fairly new to AppleScript, but though this would be easy (I
> have
> > > now spent the entire day on this!).
> >
> > Open the "Standard Additions" dictionary and look at the "path to"
> > command. That command will let you get the path to the preferences
> > folder for the current user.
> >
> > It sounds like you are saying your script needs to calculate the path to
> > something in a package residing on a disk image. You'll have to explain
> > what information your script *does* know about the package or disk
> > image. To start with, what's the disk image name? What's the package
> > name? Is the script itself included on this disk image?
>
> Thanks for your post.
>
> That is sort of what I have been playing with all day.
>
> I have tries variations of setting source to path to me as text and
> destination to path to preferences as text.

That's the way I would go about it.

> Then "copy file" or "duplicate" but have not been able to get the file over
> there.

So what happens when you try?

In general, you'll allow others to better help you with scripting
problems if you tell them not only what you tried, but how it failed.

Also, if you will create a short, sample script that illustrates the
problem without any superfluous commands, and post that script here, it
would help a great deal.

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"Jolly Roger" wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
>
> (nothing)
>
> Mistaken post?
>
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> JR

Sorry, been playing with this all day. Very tired
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> > > > I'm trying to script the copy of a preference file that lives inside
a
> > > > package in a disk image to the users preference folder. Both source
&
> > > > destination folders need to be determined on the fly and can not be
> > hard
> > > > coded. I'm fairly new to AppleScript, but though this would be easy
(I
> > have
> > > > now spent the entire day on this!).
> > >
> > > Open the "Standard Additions" dictionary and look at the "path to"
> > > command. That command will let you get the path to the preferences
> > > folder for the current user.
> > >
> > > It sounds like you are saying your script needs to calculate the path
to
> > > something in a package residing on a disk image. You'll have to
explain
> > > what information your script *does* know about the package or disk
> > > image. To start with, what's the disk image name? What's the package
> > > name? Is the script itself included on this disk image?
> >
> > Thanks for your post.
> >
> > That is sort of what I have been playing with all day.
> >
> > I have tries variations of setting source to path to me as text and
> > destination to path to preferences as text.
>
> That's the way I would go about it.
>
> > Then "copy file" or "duplicate" but have not been able to get the file
over
> > there.
>
> So what happens when you try?
>
> In general, you'll allow others to better help you with scripting
> problems if you tell them not only what you tried, but how it failed.
>
> Also, if you will create a short, sample script that illustrates the
> problem without any superfluous commands, and post that script here, it
> would help a great deal.
>

This is the kind of stuff I 've been trying. Test file does exist on
desktop. No error, but file does not copy either.

set source to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "com.testfile.plist")
set destination to ((path to preferences folder as text) &
"com.testfile.plist")

tell application "Finder"
if not (exists document file source) then
duplicate file source to destination
end if
end tell
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In article ,
"Jack B. Pollack" wrote:

> set source to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "com.testfile.plist")

This is fine; though you don't need the outermost parenthesis.

> set destination to ((path to preferences folder as text) &
> "com.testfile.plist")

Again, no need for the outermost parenthesis.

As stated in the Standard Additions dictionary, it's "preferences" - not
"preferences folder". You do look at the dictionaries when authoring
your scripts, right??

Also, The Finder's "duplicate" command expects the destination to be a
folder rather than a file. I think the logic is that "duplicate"
implies the name will be the same; so there's no need to specify that.
So you'll want to change this to point to the preferences folder.

> tell application "Finder"
> if not (exists document file source) then

Don't you want to check to see if the file exists in the *destination*
(preferences)?

Also, I'd omit "document" - just "file" will do.

> duplicate file source to destination
> end if
> end tell

This works for me:

set source to (the path to desktop folder as text) & "com.testfile.plist"
set destination to (the path to preferences as text)

tell application "Finder"
if not (exists document file source) then
duplicate file source to destination
end if
end tell

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"Jolly Roger" wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
>
> > set source to ((path to desktop folder as text) & "com.testfile.plist")
>
> This is fine; though you don't need the outermost parenthesis.
>
> > set destination to ((path to preferences folder as text) &
> > "com.testfile.plist")
>
> Again, no need for the outermost parenthesis.
>
> As stated in the Standard Additions dictionary, it's "preferences" - not
> "preferences folder". You do look at the dictionaries when authoring
> your scripts, right??
>
> Also, The Finder's "duplicate" command expects the destination to be a
> folder rather than a file. I think the logic is that "duplicate"
> implies the name will be the same; so there's no need to specify that.
> So you'll want to change this to point to the preferences folder.
>
> > tell application "Finder"
> > if not (exists document file source) then
>
> Don't you want to check to see if the file exists in the *destination*
> (preferences)?
>
> Also, I'd omit "document" - just "file" will do.
>
> > duplicate file source to destination
> > end if
> > end tell
>
> This works for me:
>
> set source to (the path to desktop folder as text) & "com.testfile.plist"
> set destination to (the path to preferences as text)
>
> tell application "Finder"
> if not (exists document file source) then
> duplicate file source to destination
> end if
> end tell
>

When I run the above script I get an error:
Finder got an error. Handler can't handle object of this class.
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In article ,
"Jack B. Pollack" wrote:

> "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
>
> >
> > This works for me:
> >
> > set source to (the path to desktop folder as text) & "com.testfile.plist"
> > set destination to (the path to preferences as text)
> >
> > tell application "Finder"
> > if not (exists document file source) then
> > duplicate file source to destination
> > end if
> > end tell
>
> When I run the above script I get an error:
> Finder got an error. Handler can't handle object of this class.

On what line?

Did you check for line wraps introduced by the news server or your news
client?

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"Jolly Roger" wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
>
> > "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
> >
> > >
> > > This works for me:
> > >
> > > set source to (the path to desktop folder as text) &
"com.testfile.plist"
> > > set destination to (the path to preferences as text)
> > >
> > > tell application "Finder"
> > > if not (exists document file source) then
> > > duplicate file source to destination
> > > end if
> > > end tell
> >
> > When I run the above script I get an error:
> > Finder got an error. Handler can't handle object of this class.
>
> On what line?
>
> Did you check for line wraps introduced by the news server or your news
> client?
Line wraps are OK. Error is on the duplicate line.
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In article ,
"Jack B. Pollack" wrote:

> "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
>
> > In article ,
> > "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
> >
> > > "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
> > >
> > > >
> > > > This works for me:
> > > >
> > > > set source to (the path to desktop folder as text) &
> "com.testfile.plist"
> > > > set destination to (the path to preferences as text)
> > > >
> > > > tell application "Finder"
> > > > if not (exists document file source) then
> > > > duplicate file source to destination
> > > > end if
> > > > end tell
> > >
> > > When I run the above script I get an error:
> > > Finder got an error. Handler can't handle object of this class.
> >
> > On what line?
> >
> > Did you check for line wraps introduced by the news server or your news
> > client?
>
> Line wraps are OK. Error is on the duplicate line.

That's peculiar. It runs fine here.

I'm running Mac OS X 10.5. What version are you running? Perhaps the
Finder has changed a bit.

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"Jolly Roger" wrote in message

> In article ,
> "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
>
> > "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
> >
> > > In article ,
> > > "Jack B. Pollack" wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Jolly Roger" wrote in message
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > This works for me:
> > > > >
> > > > > set source to (the path to desktop folder as text) &
> > "com.testfile.plist"
> > > > > set destination to (the path to preferences as text)
> > > > >
> > > > > tell application "Finder"
> > > > > if not (exists document file source) then
> > > > > duplicate file source to destination
> > > > > end if
> > > > > end tell
> > > >
> > > > When I run the above script I get an error:
> > > > Finder got an error. Handler can't handle object of this class.
> > >
> > > On what line?
> > >
> > > Did you check for line wraps introduced by the news server or your
news
> > > client?
> >
> > Line wraps are OK. Error is on the duplicate line.
>
> That's peculiar. It runs fine here.
>
> I'm running Mac OS X 10.5. What version are you running? Perhaps the
> Finder has changed a bit.

I'm using 10.4.11.
I got it working finally

set s_Path to (path to me as text) & "Contents:"
set d_Path to (the path to preferences as text)
set FileName to "com.testfile.plist"

tell application "Finder" to duplicate file FileName of folder s_Path to
folder d_Path with replacing


Thanks for your help
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