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gurkensaas
gurkensaas

Reputation: 913

Make new file and replace old one using Applescript

So I have script that creates a file in my Documents folder with a specific name. I want to later run the code more then once so I need to replace the old file. I tried to add a replace:true in the properties but it thinks replace is a variable.

tell application "Finder" to make file at (path to home folder) ¬
with properties {name:"textfile.txt",replace:true}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 210

Answers (1)

vadian
vadian

Reputation: 285064

A workaround is to (try to) delete the file explicitly

set fileName to "textfile.txt"
tell application "Finder"
    try
        delete file fileName of home
    end try
    make file at home with properties {name:fileName}
end tell

Upvotes: 1

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