Re: New command suggestion
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = on Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:53:24 Kenneth Grome wrote:>In other words, what you really would like to have is a new tag that >purges the xxx.db data from RAM *without* writing it to disk. Yes, >that would make it possible to do everything you need, automatically, >in a single template like this: >[CloseDatabase xxx.db] >[AppleScript] >Move the xxx.db file to the trash and rename the xxx.db copy file >to xxx.db >[/AppleScript] >[PurgeDatabase xxx.db] Ken this is Great! But, I'd like to clean up the AppleScript:[CloseDatabase xxx.db] [AppleScript] set myPath to myHardDrive:WebSTAR:WebCatalog: tell application Finder if file (myPath & xxx.db) exists then move the file (myPath & xxx.db) to the trash rename file (myPath & xxx.db copy) to xxx.db end if end tell [/AppleScript] [PurgeDatabase xxx.db]Let me know if it doesn't work, (AS can be _very_ picky).Eddie
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on Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:53:24 Kenneth Grome wrote:>In other words, what you really would like to have is a new tag that >purges the xxx.db data from RAM *without* writing it to disk. Yes, >that would make it possible to do everything you need, automatically, >in a single template like this: >[CloseDatabase xxx.db] >[AppleScript] >Move the xxx.db file to the trash and rename the xxx.db copy file >to xxx.db >[/AppleScript] >[PurgeDatabase xxx.db] Ken this is Great! But, I'd like to clean up the AppleScript:[CloseDatabase xxx.db] [AppleScript] set myPath to myHardDrive:WebSTAR:WebCatalog: tell application Finder if file (myPath & xxx.db) exists then move the file (myPath & xxx.db) to the trash rename file (myPath & xxx.db copy) to xxx.db end if end tell [/AppleScript] [PurgeDatabase xxx.db]Let me know if it doesn't work, (AS can be _very_ picky).Eddie
Eddie Schrieffer
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