Modification Date of file on a SMB volume

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#1

Hi all,

This is my first post so Hi…

I am trying to get the modification date of a file located on a SMB share. I will be comparing this date to todays date to see if a backup has been successful. I have written the bulk of the script, but am falling over getting the location of the file.

set FileLoc to "smb://servername/SMB Share/Database Backups/file.bak"
tell application "Finder"
	set dbdate to modification date of the file FileLoc
end tell

any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards,

Stuart.

#2

Hi,

unlike the whole Mac OS, which works with POSIX paths (slash separated), AppleScript expects old fashioned HFS paths (colon separated) starting with the name of the disk


-- set FileLoc to "smb://servername/SMB Share/Database Backups/file.bak"
tell application "Finder"
	set dbdate to modification date of file "SMB Share:Database Backups:file.bak"
end tell
#3

Thanks very much Stefan…! Your help is much appreciated.