Thanks Mike - I'll give that a try.
Terry...
On 10/03/11 1:18 AM, "Mike Bonner" wrote:
> forgot the quotes.
>
> get shell("ls myTest |grep `ls -d myTest` -")
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> If I understand what you mean, this might work
>>
>> set the defualtfol
It is possible to format a mac hfs+ volume as case sensitive. Also, Apple Xsan
volumes are case sensitive and I don't think you can format them any other way.
Shared volumes may or may not be case sensitive. I am having a problem with
backups because the Mac doing the backup thinks This Spreadsh
Ah, one last thing. Need to know the correct name of the directory too else
IT returns 2 lines for files not found (if ls IS case sensitive) but that
should be easy enough to check for. Of course this will probably be a
non-issue depending on how you get the directory name.
Hmm of course if you h
forgot the quotes.
get shell("ls myTest |grep `ls -d myTest` -")
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
> If I understand what you mean, this might work
>
> set the defualtfolder to justAbovethedirectoryToBeChecked
> get shell(ls myTest |grep `ls -d myTest` -) --myTest is the folder
If I understand what you mean, this might work
set the defualtfolder to justAbovethedirectoryToBeChecked
get shell(ls myTest |grep `ls -d myTest` -) --myTest is the folder name and
the filename
if it is empty then
answer information "They differ"
else
answer information "They match"
end if
I don'
On 3/8/11 10:44 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
It's because of a weird glitch on OSX 10.5. If you have an old-style (non
bundle) Mac app that is named the same (case sensitive) as its parent folder
then you cant launch it other than by double-clicking its icon (shell,
Livecode and Applescript launch meth
On 9/03/11 3:07 PM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote:
> On 3/8/11 4:37 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
>> Due to an obscure but annoying issue with OSX 10.5 I need to be able to
>> check for the existence of a file based on the case of its name before I can
>> launch it from Livecode. The exists function isn¹t case
On Mar 8, 2011, at 8:07 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 3/8/11 4:37 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
>> Due to an obscure but annoying issue with OSX 10.5 I need to be able to
>> check for the existence of a file based on the case of its name before I can
>> launch it from Livecode. The exists function isn¹t
On 3/8/11 4:37 PM, Terry Judd wrote:
Due to an obscure but annoying issue with OSX 10.5 I need to be able to
check for the existence of a file based on the case of its name before I can
launch it from Livecode. The exists function isn¹t case sensitive and the
only idea I¹ve been able to come up w
Due to an obscure but annoying issue with OSX 10.5 I need to be able to
check for the existence of a file based on the case of its name before I can
launch it from Livecode. The exists function isn¹t case sensitive and the
only idea I¹ve been able to come up with to date is to use the files
functio
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