writing to files

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#1

ok this is probably a really dumb question but my application is dumping a file into a text view then after the user edits it dumps it back out to the file…
the file is an admin file for a cvs repository so therefore is unix based…
my problems arise when i attempt to open the file for writing i get a duplicate file name error…

set l_file to open for access l_fName with write permission

and then when i remove the file and start from scratch when i write to my new file i seem to get a unicode output which i have no idea how to convert to the desired format…

write l_contents to l_file

does anybody have any solutions??
thanks

#2

It’s rough trying to determine what might be going wrong without seeing more of the code. Does the script ever close the file?

#3

i close the file directly after writing…
here is the entire function

– g_cvsignore is a posix style path
on saveFile(theObject)

set l_toSave to contents of text view “txt_text” of scroll view “txt_text” of window of theObject

set g_cvsignore to (POSIX file g_cvsignore)

set l_file to open for access (g_cvsignore as text) with write permission

set eof of l_file to 0

write (l_toSave as string) to l_file

close access l_file

set visible of window of theObject to false
end saveFile

#4

As near as I can tell, you are trying to open a string for access (g_cvsignore as text). What happens if you change this line:

set l_file to open for access (g_cvsignore as text) with write permission

To this?

set l_file to open for access file (g_cvsignore as text) with write permission
#5

yeah, i feel a bit stupid after that…
it’s working perfectly now…
rob, you da man…

#6

Nah, not stupid at all. It’s easy to overlook little things like that when you stare at the code for too long and frustration sets in. :shock:

Glad it helped to have some fresh eyes. :smiley: