Using theFile to send file path to shell script?

[realdannys]

Hi guys,

So basically I'm trying to get imageoptim to run automatically on my screenshots folder when I take one.

At the moment I've got it setup but I need to pass the new file created file name to the program, so I'm working on the embedded script as..

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do shell script "find " & theFile & " | /usr/local/bin/imageoptim -j -q"

Now the problem is, " & theFile & " sends "Macintosh HD:Directory:etc"

No good for a shell script, at the minute it gets stuck because the first space is terminating it, I'd need it sent as "Machintosh\ HD/Directory/etc" Any way I can do that?

[Mr_Noodle]

You'll need to get the posix path. Check out this page: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/AppleScrip ... _and_paths

[realdannys]

You'll need to get the posix path. Check out this page: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/AppleScrip ... _and_paths

if only I could understand how to put that into action?!

[Mr_Noodle]

I suggest you read up more on AppleScript. It's probably a bad idea to do scripting blindly.