applescript get file name for given path

Question

I just got help to get file name of a chosen folder.

 tell application "Finder"
 name of files of folder (choose folder) -- names of files
 end tell

However, I can't get this working for a give path, like this one

 set myfile to name of files of folder "~/Downloads/test/"

I played around a lot with POSIX path and others, but I can't get this working. Could you please help me again, thanks.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29 02:32:20Z

3

This should do the trick:

tell application "System Events"

    set downloadsFolder to path to downloads folder as text
    -- display dialog downloadsFolder

end tell

tell application "Finder"

    set myFileNames to name of files of folder (downloadsFolder & "test:")
    log myFileNames

end tell

ADDITION:

set thisLocation to "/Volumes/Data/"

tell application "Finder"

    set myFileNames to name of files of folder (thisLocation as POSIX file)
    log myFileNames

end tell

edited Nov 29, 2013 at 2:32

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 23:54

user1804762

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4 Comments

kuruvi Over a year ago

I can't get this working for external volumes, e.g., set downloadsFolder to path to "volumes:Data:" as text

user1804762 Over a year ago

BTW AS Editor has built-in code snippets, CTRL-CLICK into a script to see them.

kuruvi Over a year ago

I don't get the use of log in the script, we can see the result then why do we need log? thanks

user1804762 Over a year ago

You can just delete that line with the log. I usually insert them for educational purposes.

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