Script to write a file to disk

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#1

Hi there,

(sorry I know I should do a full search but whenever I search I can only access the first page and every page after that has lost the search parameters!)

I am trying to write a script which can write a file to disk, specifically internet connect configurations, which are a type of XML, so its just a flat file.

Is this possible or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Cheers for any help you can give.

JW

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#2 
set fRef to open for access (path to desktop as text) & "myConfigs.txt" with write permission
-- change the path to whatever you have in mind
-- this creates a file if it doesn't exist, opens it if it does
set eof to 0 -- erases the file. If you want to append, don't do it.
write yourStuff to fRef
close access fRef -- Don't forget this!

-- to get it back:
set myConfigs to read (path to desktop as text) & "myConfigs.txt"

You could also use 'do shell script “defaults read …” to write a pref file. See man defaults.

EDIT: if you have the XMLTools scripting addition, you can prepare and parse XML from a script.