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How do you write file tags to OSX files?
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:47 pm
by Simon Knight
Hi,
I would like to add the ability to write key word tags to files in Mac OS X. I have found details in the LC dictionary of how to access the resource fork (OS9?) but not how to write to the extended attributes of Mac OSX files.
Googling suggests I need to use the OS command "xattr" and process some hex all via a shell command. However, I thought I'd ask if there is another way before I leap into the unknown.
So any thoughts?
Simon
Re: How do you write file tags to OSX files?
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:02 pm
by Thierry
Simon Knight wrote:
I would like to add the ability to write key word tags to files in Mac OS X.
However, I thought I'd ask if there is another way before I leap into the unknown.
Hi Simon,
not a direct answer but might give you some insights....
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on mouseUp
// 2 parameters: a filename and a color
constant myFile = "~/Desktop/testMe.txt"
put "orange" into aColor
// build a color array
local Tcolor
get TableColor( "clear", 01, "gray", 03, "green", 04, "purple", 06, "blue", 09, "yellow", "0A", "red" , "0C" ,"orange", "0E" )
put IT into Tcolor
// from a valid color name get its value
put Tcolor[ aColor] into aColor
// set the xattr command
get "xattr -wx com.apple.FinderInfo 000000000000000000%2s00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 %s"
// execute it
if shell( format( IT, aColor, myFile)) is not empty then
beep
put "ERROR SHELL ! " & syserror()
end if
end mouseUp
private function TableColor
local newTable
repeat with i= 1 to (the paramcount -1) step 2
put param( i+1) into newTable[ param( i) ]
end repeat
return newTable
end TableColor
This snippet of code will change the color Tags of a file
using the xattr terminal command.
Regards,
Thierry
Re: How do you write file tags to OSX files?
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:59 am
by Simon Knight
Thanks Thierry,
This is just the help I needed, I'll post again when I have completed some experiments.
Thanks