select file "screensaver_pref.plist" of (path to home folder as string)
so I have this file “screensaver_pref.plist” in my home folder (just to test). I want to have applescript select it (as it is part of a larger applescript.)
it keeps giving me an error
what’s the proper code?
Um, what?
sorry,
i have apple script code that rename a selected file to “com.apple.screensaver.Abstract.” & MACaddress & “.plist”
but for this to work, I need to have the file selected through appplescript.
how do I do it?
set MACaddress to (do shell script "ifconfig en0 ether | awk '/ether/ {print $2}' | tr -d ':'")
set new_file_name to "com.apple.screensaver.Abstract." & MACaddress & ".plist"
<-- select code inserted here -->
tell application "Finder" to set name of item 1 of (get selection) to new_file_name
No need to select it… take this for example.
set desktopItem to (path to desktop as Unicode text) & "file1.txt"
tell application "Finder" to set name of file desktopItem to "file2.txt"
haha! of course! stupid me.
thanks! got it to work! you’re a big help james!
anytime! =)