Apple AppleScript Finder Guide - Manual (Page 132)

C H A P T E R 3
Finder Commands
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Command Definitions
RESULT
A reference or list of references to the requested objects or, in the case of
properties that consist of a value, a value of either the object’s default value
class or the class specified by the className parameter, or a list of values of that
class. If the Finder can’t return data in the value class specified by the className
parameter, it generates an error.
If the referenceToObject parameter specifies a single object only (such as name
of window 1
), the result is a single value or reference. If the referenceToObject
parameter refers to more than one object (such as items in startup disk),
the result is a list of values or references. If the specified object doesn’t exist, for
example, if the reference is folder "My Folder" in startup disk and
there is no folder of that name in the startup disk, the Finder generates an error.
EXAMPLES
This script returns the sizes, in bytes, of the folders at the top level of the
startup disk:
tell application "Finder"
get size of folders in startup disk
end tell
--result: {27636, 1438359, 1774813}
This script returns a list of references to the folders at the top level of the
startup disk:
tell application "Finder"
get folders in startup disk
end tell
--result: folder "Projects" of startup disk of
application "Finder", folder "Financial" of startup disk of
application "Finder", folder "Applications" of startup disk
of application "Finder"