Port AppleScript to bash shell script
Hi all,
I made this script with the help of Neil from these forums. The purpose of the scrip is so that my friend can set up a share point on his NAS which is simply full of links so that if people access the NAS (its full of music and movies) if the delete a link, the file stays where it is.
The issue he has now, is that when he make the links in MacOS, a Windows system will no follow them. Is there a way around this or should the script be ported to a bash script so that the links can be created internally on his BSD NAS.
Thanks for any help and suggestions.
set these_items to (choose file with prompt "Choose files to link:" with multiple selections allowed)
set link_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose folder to place links in:")
repeat with this_item in these_items
tell application "Finder" to reveal this_item
set this_path to the quoted form of the POSIX path of this_item
set shell_folder to the quoted form of the POSIX path of link_folder
do shell script "ln -s" & space & this_path & space & shell_folder
end repeat
end
Your issue is one of symlink support, so it won't matter how you create the symlinks.
First off, which version of Windows are you running?
Only later versions of Windows (Win7 and, I think Vista) support symlinks, so if you're using anything earlier it won't work.
Secondly, if you're pointing to a network volume then the target paths have to match, and that's likely to be a problem in cross-platform environments. That's because the symlink file really just contains the path to the target and your paths may be different on each OS.
For example, On your Mac the sharepoint might be mounted at /Volumes/server and your file might be at /path/file on that share.
So your symlink file will contain '/Volumes/server/path/file'
No Windows system is going to be able to follow that path since disks aren't mounted under /Volumes. You would either have to know that share's current mount point or use a Windows path of the form \\server\share\path\file but that latter form won't work on non-Windows systems.
So the short answer is that you probably have to create two sets of links, one for the Windows users and one for the Macs. There's no simple, universal, cross-platform symlink standard that will do what you want (at least that I'm aware of).
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Andrew Velitchko
BrainBench MVP for Developer/2000
http://www.brainbench.com -
AppleScript: How to let AppleScript use the same environment as Bash shell does?
Howdy!
I can run AppleScript from Bash shell.
I can also run Bash shell from AppleScript.
So my question is when I run a Bash shell script from AppleScript, I am hit with a path problem.
Suppose my AppleScript is under ~user/a.scpt. I want my AppleScript to know its current path (i.e. ~user/a.scpt).
So a quick snippet test in my AppleScript shows that AppleScript always begins from the root directory:
do shell script "pwd"
So let's do a workaround AppleScript like this:
tell application "Finder" to set currentDir to (target of front Finder window) as text
do shell script "cd " & (quoted form of POSIX path of currentDir) & "; pwd"
This works. However, this approach poses a potential danger.
Suppose when I run this AppleScript for a bash script, I inadvertently clicked other Finder Window. That would result in execution of bash script in that newly clicked Finder Window, resulting in a big mess.
Is there a better way to let the AppleScript to know its current path?The following is what your Applescript environment looks like, so plan accordingly. If you want your Applescripts to be portable to other user environments, you should NOT depend on your environment, but rather embed all the environment knowledge you need into your script.
Applescript "do shell script" environment
pwd:
/bin/ls -dlaeO@ .
drwxr-xr-x 36 root wheel - 1292 Feb 28 09:58 .
/usr/bin/id -a
uid=501(raharris)
gid=20(staff)
groups=20(staff),
402(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),
12(everyone),
61(localaccounts),
79(_appserverusr),
80(admin),
81(_appserveradm),
98(_lpadmin),
403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2),
33(_appstore),
100(_lpoperator),
204(_developer),
398(com.apple.access_screensharing),
399(com.apple.access_ssh)
$#
0
$0
/path/to/your/shell/script
printenv:
SHELL=/bin/bash
TMPDIR=/var/folders/4t/t1djbq6j5pj951x44l9hwxtc0000gn/T/
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-mSKKJo/Render
USER=<username_running_the_Applescript>
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-7D4zpF/Listeners
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
__CHECKFIX1436934=1
PWD=/
HOME=/Users/<home_dir_of_running_user>
SHLVL=2
LOGNAME=<username_running_the_Applescript>
DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-qKucki/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
_=/usr/bin/printenv
Message was edited by: BobHarris -
Can I embed a full shell script inside an applescript?
I have a friend who is running Tiger on a PPC Mac and wants to download a large number of files from the web. Unfortunately, this friend is barely able to do basic web browsing with Safari or Firefox.
I thought of just sending him a shell script with a lot of curl commands, but I don't suppose making it executable on my Mac would make it executable on his. I would like to be able to send him an Applescript that he could just run by clicking on it, but it would be awkward to make each curl command a separete shell script within the applescript..
Is there a way of directly including in an applescript a multi-line shell script as a single entity that invokes only one shell? I know I can do it by putting the shell script in a separate file and have the applescript give it the necessary permissions, but then I'd have to explain to my friend where to put the shell script!While it is possible to do this in the Applescript if the shell script gets at all complicated escaping characters and debugging will be much harder then it needs to be.
For example taking twtwtw's example and just adding one Applescript variable gives:
set dir to POSIX path of (choose folder)
set ss to "cd " & dir & "
echo 'This is a file list for the \"" & dir & "\" folder'
echo
ls -l"
set dlf to do shell script ss
display alert dlf giving up after 10
Twtwtw's suggestion of creating an Applescript application bundle is, I believe, the best way to go. You can keep the shell script and Applescript separate making maintenance and debugging much simpler and your friend just gets one 'file' to install and run.
regards
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