Re: st: AppleScript and StataSE

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

Chinh Nguyen kindly answered:

> Your path is wrong.  A true HFS path precedes a filename with a : to 
> specify
> the current working directory.  You should've entered:
>
> tell application "StataSE"
>         activate
>         open file ":myfile.do"
> end tell
>
> To specify an absolute path, enter:
>
> tell application "StataSE"
>         activate
>         open file "Macintosh HD:Users:someuser:Desktop:myfile.do"
> end tell
>
> Stata's HFS paths follow the POSIX model in that absolute paths start 
> with a
> path delimiter (in this case, a colon) and relative paths do not.  
> Macintosh
> HFS paths are the opposite.
This is confusing. Apple help says:

POSIX paths separate items with slashes, whereas Mac OS X file paths 
use colons. You must use Posix paths with the Terminal application and 
the Do Shell Script command.

Obviously, I'll have to Google on this. I had thought OS X did away 
with : path delimiters. It's confusing of Apple to retain both.


> > Any thoughts on these errors? The FAQ on text editors suggests this 
> or
> > some variant (not the one posted) should work.
>
> I didn't see where this was suggested but it does work.
In the Mac section of the FAQ on text editors by many authors and 
quoted in the thread you mention.

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