Newbies jnolla Posted December 20, 2005 Newbies Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm trying to use Applescript to run a series of shell commands. I have encoutered a problem while creating the calculation, that will be sent as an Applescript. do shell script" & Quote( " chmod 770 " & Substitute ( Preferences::Path ; " "; "" ) & "Contacts") &" The problem comes with files and folders that contain spaces in their name " ". I'm using the Substitute Function, but the outcome is not what I'm expecting. Applescript needs "" two forward slashes to refecence spaces " ". But no matter what I input on the data that will substitute spaces, I never get the "" needed by the Applescript. "" returns "" "" gives me an error "" returns "" I have also tried / /, but that doesn't seem to work. Can some one point me in the right path? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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