Script to Save Path/File Name/login user information

Hi all,
Could anyone tell me how to solve this below problem.
·        Here i  Need to write a script which does the following
            In Adobe Illustrator CS2, when i run script then the path information of the current open file, Filename of the file and the Login person name has to be recorded in a text file and saved onto the server. (Ex \\10.99.0.60\filehistory\ [today].txt).
·        All these activity should take place simultaneously by executing the script once.
·        Collect path/File name/Login information and write it to a file. After writing save it to a location in the server. All these should occur in one shot.
·        For different opened files of the same day work, different information (path/File name/Login) will be collected and appended to the same text file and locations.
·        Different files will be created for information about on each date.
Regards,
Sanat

Try This. (BTW, i am a newbie, learning Applescript now)
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set filePath to get file path of current document
set filePath1 to POSIX path of filePath
set userName to get short user name of (system info)
tell application "Finder"
set theFilePath to (path to desktop as string) & "test.txt" as string
set theFileReference to open for access theFilePath with write permission
set theResult to get eof of theFileReference
write filePath1 & " User Name: " & userName & return & return starting at theResult to theFileReference as string
set theResult to theResult + 1
close access theFileReference
end tell
end tell
JaiMS

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