I'm Stumped why won't this code delete this one file?

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#1

I’m Stumped why won’t this code delete this one file?




try
	do shell script "/bin/rm /Library/Frameworks/" & "VSearch.framework" with administrator privileges
end try




Thanks Big Jack
#2

as mentioned before, remove the try block to get an error message
as mentioned before twice, please use applescript tags

#3

Your script fails for two reasons :

(1) your framework is a directory so the instruction needs the -d option

(2) the framework directory is not empty so the instruction needs the -R option

do shell script "/bin/rm -dR /Library/Frameworks/" & "VSearch.framework" with administrator privileges

will do the job if the framework is available.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 26 septembre 2014 15:13:57

PS: here we are supposed to use the AppleScript tags which are inserted when we click the button [ AppleScript ] above the row of smileys in the edit area.
You added the entry one but failed to insert its closing counterpart : [slashapplescript]
Of course, in real life, the five letters slash must be replaced by a true slash character.

#4

The option -R will do just fine Yvan (the -R has implicitly the option -d in it, making -d an understatement).

#5

Ok it did work forgot to out my test file there

#6

Thanks, I forgot this behavior.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 26 septembre 2014 18:05:50