Question About Paths

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

I have some folders in Dropbox that I have scripts do things with. If I use Terminal the path to my File Transfers looks like this: /Users/homer/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/File\ Transfers.

But that doesn’t work with my scripts. What works is this: /Users/homer/Dropbox/File Transfers, or Users:homer:Dropbox:File Transfers.

So, just a simple curiosity, why the difference?

#2

Terminal required paths with spaces to be escaped.

If you put the path in terminal in quotes you do not need to escape.

When you’re providing paths in Apple Script your providing those paths encased in quotes

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