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#1

Hey, I was wondering how can I make a if statment, because I was having problems just doing this:


do shell script "killall "hybrid.app""
do shell script "killall "online.app""
do shell script "killall "ivn.app""
do shell script "killall "on_campus.app""
do shell script "killall "jmstn.app""

the problem with that is if one of those scripts werent open then the scrip would fail, and i tried writing a if statment like


if "hybrid.app" is active then 
do shell script "killall "hybrid.app""
end if

But I couldnt even get that one if to work, can someone help me on this issue? Thanks a lot.

#2

Try this…

property killList : {"hybrid", "online", "ivn", "on_campus", "jmstn"}

tell application "Finder"
	set appList to name of every application process
end tell

repeat with killApp in killList
	if appList contains killApp then
		set killScript to ("killall "" & killApp & """) as string
		do shell script killScript
	end if
end repeat

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#3

Slaps himself silly Damnit, now I have just learned not to post anything in morning, because I talk out of my ass. I figured out a super duper solution.


do shell script "killall "Script Editor""

lol that solves everything, I always try the hardest way possiable, then figure out there is a super easy soloution. Thanks again guys. DAMNIT :x

#4

LOL thanks, that works too, I will put that one in the archive of my shit just incase i need certain apple scripts to keep running. Thanks man, sorry to take your damn time, since I found a dumbass easy solution.

#5

Ok i have found a prob. I had to modify that code somewhat to get it to work:


property killList : {"hybrid.app", "online.app", "ivn.app"}

tell application "Finder"
	set appList to name of every application process
end tell

repeat with appList in killList
	if killList contains killList then
		set killScript to ("killall "" & appList & """) as string
		do shell script killScript
	end if
end repeat

But I still cant get that code to make it work like i want it, so lets say if online.app wasnt activated, well then code above would give me an error saying that it has a problem because it could not find “online.app” and would shut it self down without going through the other *.app files and close them down. Any ideas on that? thanks again majolry.

#6

Here is what works:

set itsFolder to "documents folder from user domain"
set shellScript to "cd " & itsFolder
do shell script (shellScript)

This does not:

set itsFolder to "iMac\\ Internal\\ HD/Users/johnlove/Library/Application\\ Support/SuperDuper!/Saved\\ Settings"
set shellScript to "cd " & itsFolder
do shell script (shellScript)

I get “Finder got an error: sh: line 1: cd: iMac Internal HD/Users/johnlove/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Saved Settings: No such file or directory”

It appears that I have properly escaped the spaces, so what have I done wrong ???

Even if I escape the “!” via “\!”, same error message.

#7

POSIX paths always start at “/” (the root); It does not use the hard drive name.

This should also work:

quoted form of POSIX path of ((path to application support folder from user domain as Unicode text) & "SuperDuper!:Saved Settings:")
do shell script "cd " & result -- and whatever else
#8

Unless of course its a secondary drive in which case its going to be “/Volumes//blah blah” or depending on how you actually mounted the volume some other place.

#9 
return character 1 of "/Volumes/<drive name>/blah blah"
--> "/"

:stuck_out_tongue:

Technically, POSIX path would include the drive’s mount point. (Which falls underneath “/” still, as I jokingly pointed out above.) So if you were to connect to, say, a SMB share, the POSIX path would actually be: “/Volumes/”

#10

touche :lol:

#11

Thank you, Thank you.

Since I am doing:

	set chosenScript to ¬
		choose file default location (path to application support from user domain) ¬
			with prompt "Finally choose the Applescript you want to run"

chosenScript comes back looking like:
startup drive name:Users:johnlove:Library:Application Support:etc etc

but I don’t want to always count on the fact that the script file is in my Application Support folder … so it turns out that thanks to you I have learned about the leading “/”, but also I can avoid depending on the script being in the App Support Folder via:

if (character 1 of chosenScript as string ≠ "/") then set chosenScript to "/Volumes/" & chosenScript

Problem solved.

P.S. if I type one more time “chosenScript = ‘whatever’”, I am going to scream