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• AppleScript
  2005-08-24 05:28:50  FJ de Kermadec | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi!
  
  Thank you for your reply!
  
  Yes, I am most definitely willing to share the script should anyone find it of interest. The reason I did not from the start is that it plays with "rm" commands and, therefore, could be dangerous should anything go wrong.
  
  I'll edit this entry and add it.
  
  FJ
• AppleScript
  2005-08-24 06:16:11  xyz3 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi FJ -
  
  If you plan to use rm -rf I suggest using the quoted form command to quote the path:
  
  Example:
  set myUserName to (do shell script "whoami")
  do shell script "rm -r " & (quoted form of ("/Users/" & myUserName & "/Library/Cookies/" as string))
  
  The shell script line ends up looking something like this: "rm -r '/Users/adminx/Library/Cookies/'"
  
  Also the file at /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/StandardAdditions.osax has more than a few useful commands you might want to check out.
  
  EX: set myUserName to short user name of (system info)
  
  This is not to say I am condoning using the unix layer, but merely pointing out another way, and other options.
  
  
  Have fun-
  
  
• AppleScript
  2005-08-24 06:22:03  FJ de Kermadec | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi!
  
  Feedback and comments are always most welcome! Thank you very much for taking the time to suggest these options.
  
  I have played quite a bit with integrating UNIX and AppleScript before all the new fancy commands appeared and I shamefully confess I need to brush up on them — so a double thanks for pointing them out.
  
  As you can see, the script is prepared for more advanced error detection as well but I haven't implemented that yet.
  
  FJ

• Applescript
  2005-08-24 04:14:06  waynesmallman [Reply | View]
  
  
  It's the obvious question, isn't it?