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Stephen · 02-15-2012, 05:22 PM

Ok not computer tech but programming question. Any AppleScript gurus on site? I need to read a text file into a list to automate ftp upload of a bunch of files. I know most of it but just don't know how to format the text file when I write it so the AppleScript can read it and parse it into a list for processing.

Something like

{site: 'www.musicbanter.com', user: 'fazstp', password: 'analbeads', file_list: {'Mac HD/Users/fazstp/Desktop/Files/0001.jpg', 'Mac HD/Users/fazstp/Desktop/Files/0002.jpg', 'Mac HD/Users/fazstp/Desktop/Files/0003.jpg'}}

Edit: Might give this XML format a try - Parse XML with AppleScript

02-15-2012, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,850	Ok not computer tech but programming question. Any AppleScript gurus on site? I need to read a text file into a list to automate ftp upload of a bunch of files. I know most of it but just don't know how to format the text file when I write it so the AppleScript can read it and parse it into a list for processing. Something like {site: 'www.musicbanter.com', user: 'fazstp', password: 'analbeads', file_list: {'Mac HD/Users/fazstp/Desktop/Files/0001.jpg', 'Mac HD/Users/fazstp/Desktop/Files/0002.jpg', 'Mac HD/Users/fazstp/Desktop/Files/0003.jpg'}} Edit: Might give this XML format a try - Parse XML with AppleScript Last edited by Stephen; 02-15-2012 at 06:02 PM.