Handler confusion

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi all,

I’m expanding my vocabulary on Applescript and have recently started using handlers. I have one that works when run by itself, but when I put it in the main script, I get the following message:

Can’t make <> into type string.

and I’m trying to insert this directly after an if statement


global net_macinfo
set net_macinfo to MountBackupServer
MountBackupServer()
display dialog net_macinfo

on MountBackupServer()
	set user_name to do shell script ("whoami")
	set first_letter to do shell script ("whoami | cut -c1-1")
	set backserver to do shell script ("mount | grep 'back-data' | cut -f5 -d/ | cut -f1 -d-")
	if backserver is equal to "back" then
		set dfsmount to do shell script ("mount | grep 'back-data' | cut -f1 -d\\( | cut -f8 -d/")
		
		set net_primary to do shell script ("cat /Volumes/" & dfsmount & "/.macinfo | grep PRIMARY= | cut -f2 -d=")
		set documents_exist to do shell script "ls /Volumes/" & dfsmount
		
		
	end if
	if backserver is not equal to "back" then
		mount volume "cifs://office.ads.gvsu.edu/dfs/back-data-" & first_letter & "/" & user_name
		set dfsmount to do shell script ("mount | grep 'back-data' | cut -f1 -d\\( | cut -f8 -d/")
	end if
	set net_macinfo to do shell script ("ls  -al  /Volumes/" & dfsmount & " | grep .macinfo| cut -f2 -d.")
	set net_primary to do shell script ("cat /Volumes/" & dfsmount & "/.macinfo | grep PRIMARY= | cut -f2 -d=")
	set documents_exist to do shell script "ls /Volumes/" & dfsmount
	return net_macinfo
end MountBackupServer

Thank you for any help on this!

#2

mountBackupServer variable is an handler. You can’t have an variable with the same name as an handler. So I’m guessing that line 2 should be:

set net_macinfo to "MountBackupServer"

or if you want the results of the handler in the net_macinfo variable you forgot the parenthesis but then line 3 doesn’t make any sense to me.

set net_macinfo to MountBackupServer()
#3

I got it figured out! I was putting my global sets in the wrong place. I think. Regardless, it works and I’m happy!!!