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I'm new to AppleScript and after doing:
set folder_name to "New_Folder"
tell application "Finder" to make new folder at desktop
set my_folder to result as alias
tell application "Finder" to set the name of my_folder to folder_name
get my_folder
I get: alias "/Users/frank/Desktop/untitled folder"
I thought alias was dynamic, why my_folder reference is not changing after renaming the folder?
i.e. alias "/Users/frank/Desktop/New_Folder"
How can I accomplish that?
folder "Contents" of also works with aliases:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
repeat with f in input
open folder "Contents" of f
end repeat
end tell
end run
You can also assign a shortcut for showing package contents from System Preferences:
Command-R shows the original file of an alias.
Here is an answer to get right the pathname of .. from AppleScript:
Get Current Path to Script within AppleScript and Append Subdirectory
Anyway, the actual construct you got: /path/to/folder//myscript.pl
is a correct pathname to your Perl script. The 1st / is coming from the terminal one coming from container: /path/to/folder/.
Hence your built find command is very similar to this one you might try to experiment:
find ~/ -name "Documents" -print
Hint: work directly in Perl, it is many times more efficient than any AppleScript.
Best Answer
I'm not quite sure why you're not getting the correct information. Running your code on my system (macOS High Sierra) returns the correct alias to the renamed folder.
This code should return the proper value for the alias value you are looking for