Managing and installing applications distributed with DMG files. Periodically people who download applications end up with collections of DMG files that they are regularly accessing to use their.
-->- Feb 25, 2014 Hi all, I am new to Applescript and would appreciate a bit of troubleshooting from someone! I would like to have a script that copies any files with the word 'Data' in their file name on a memory stick (KINGSTON) to a folder of my choice, as long as they are not already in that folder.
- I am making a bash script that will automatically download and install Google Chrome to a user's applications folder on a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.7. I am able to successfully download and mount the.dmg file from Google's servers, but I am unable to grab the actual Google Chrome.app file from the mounted dmg. Here is what I have written.
The My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile method allows you to copy files. Its parameters provide the ability to overwrite existing files, rename the file, show the progress of the operation, and allow the user to cancel the operation.
To copy a text file to another folder
Use the
CopyFilemethod to copy a file, specifying a source file and the target directory. Theoverwriteparameter allows you to specify whether or not to overwrite existing files. The following code examples demonstrate how to useCopyFile.
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The following conditions may cause an exception to be thrown:
The path is not valid for one of the following reasons: it is a zero-length string, it contains only white space, it contains invalid characters, or it is a device path (starts with .) (ArgumentException).
The system could not retrieve the absolute path (ArgumentException).
The path is not valid because it is
Nothing(ArgumentNullException).The source file is not valid or does not exist (FileNotFoundException).
The combined path points to an existing directory (IOException).
The destination file exists and
overwriteis set toFalse(IOException).The user does not have sufficient permissions to access the file (IOException).
A file in the target folder with the same name is in use (IOException).
A file or folder name in the path contains a colon (:) or is in an invalid format (NotSupportedException).
ShowUIis set toTrue,onUserCancelis set toThrowException, and the user has cancelled the operation (OperationCanceledException).ShowUIis set toTrue,onUserCancelis set toThrowException, and an unspecified I/O error occurs (OperationCanceledException).The path exceeds the system-defined maximum length (PathTooLongException).
The user does not have required permission (UnauthorizedAccessException).
The user lacks necessary permissions to view the path (SecurityException).