path problem

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#1

in below script rm -rf path is problem,
can anyone tell me correct path after rm -rf…

tell application "Finder"
	mount volume "afp://advo:password@10.0.0.40/Anup/Temp"
	if (exists "Temp") then
        do shell script "rm -rf afp://advo:password@10.0.0.40/Anup/Temp/"	
	end if
end tell
#2

It’s not a POSIX path.
Path should be something like /Volumes//

#3

may I ask what you exactly want to remove?

read post #4 I’ve posted here a way how to mount and unmount volumes properly.

#4

I read your post, I am impressed regarding below line

mount volume "afp://" & user_name & ":" & pass_word & "@3.9.55.1/"

I want to delete all files and folders from main folder Temp in above script

#5

I change to “Volumes/Anup/Temp” but no result and this volume name may change so want to generalise

#6

use mount to determine the path to the volume.

then use rm -Rf /Volumes//*

#7

Or in AppleScript:

set folderVolumes to "/Volumes/" as POSIX file as alias
set volumeNames to list folder folderVolumes without invisibles
#8

If the volume is mounted outside the Finder a user can choose where to mount to and doesn’t need to be in the /Volumes folder at all which is very common with NFS file systems. Also every directory in /Volumes doesn’t always means that the file system is mounted as well. So in my opinion, because of those two arguments, listing /Volumes folder isn’t accurate enough to me.

#9

do shell script “rm -Rf /Volumes/MAC-PRO/Anup/Temp/*.”,this is not deleting files and folders at path
further MAC-PRO is HD name I want to generalise for any mac further not for this mac only, that I am digging but most IMP prob is that Temp is not getting deleted

set folderVolumes to "/Volumes/" as POSIX file as alias
set volumeNames to list folder folderVolumes without invisibles
tell application "Finder"
	mount volume "afp://advo:password@10.0.0.40/Anup/Temp"
	repeat with theItem in volumeNames
		if theItem contains "Anup" then
			if (exists "Temp") then
			do shell script "rm -Rf /Volumes/MAC-PRO/Anup/Temp/*."
			end if
		end if
	end repeat
end tell
#10

I dont think the path is /Volumes/MAC-PRO/Anup/Temp/ but simply /Volumes/Temp. Even if you have the correct path do shell script “rm -Rf /Volumes/MAC-PRO/Anup/Temp/*.” will only remove will only remove files that ends with a period. So that it won’t remove anything seems normal to me.