• pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    Boy oh boy would you hate AppleScript. This is what I have to type to throw files in the trash instead of deleting them.

    tell application ”Finder” to delete POSIX file “/full/fucking/path/to/file”
    
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      4 months ago

      Why do you need to “tell” some “application”? Why do you need a “finder” if you know the absolute path already? Does this imply that “finder” always runs, ready to be told something?

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        4 months ago

        Finder is macOS equivalent of Windows Explorer (maybe, it’s been a while). I assume Linux desktop suites have various similar processes. In other words, a second optional layer (with more features) to access runtime libc file manipulation api.