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C H A P T E R 3

Finder Commands

Command Definitions

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EXAMPLE

This script duplicates a file to a disk, replacing any items at the top level of the

disk that have the same name:

tell application "Finder"

duplicate file "My File" of startup disk ¬

to disk "Backup" replacing conflicts

end tell

You can use replacing existing items, with replacing, or
replacing true

instead of replacing conflicts without changing

the meaning of the script.

NOTES

The statement duplicate items in referenceToContainer (where

referenceToContainer

is a reference to any container) won’t compile. Instead,

use the statement duplicate every item of referenceToContainer.

Eject

3

An Eject command is a request to eject a disk.

SYNTAX

eject [

referenceToDisk ]

PARAMETERS

referenceToDisk

A reference to the disk to be ejected or a list of references.

Class:

Reference or list of references

Default value:

List of references to all mounted disks whose

Ejectable property is true