Applescript variable user and drive

you need with administrator privileges.

(* 

It is easier to diagnose problems with debug information. I suggest adding log statements to your script to see what is going on.  Here is an example.


	Author: rccharles
	
	For testing, run in the Script Editor.
	  1) Click on the Event Log tab to see the output from the log statement
	  2) Click on Run
	  
	For running shell commands see:
	https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2065/_index.html
	http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html
	


 *)


on run
	-- Write a message into the event log.
	log "  --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
	--  debug lines
	
	
	set unixDesktopPath to POSIX path of "/System/Library/User Template/"
	log "unixDesktopPath = " & unixDesktopPath
	
	set quotedUnixDesktopPath to quoted form of unixDesktopPath
	log "quoted form is " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
	
	try
		set fromUnix to do shell script "ls -l  " & quotedUnixDesktopPath with administrator privileges
		display dialog "ls -l of " & quotedUnixDesktopPath & return & fromUnix
	on error errMsg
		log "ls -l error..." & errMsg
	end try
	
end run

Use the following line:

delete folder "Application Support:Origin" of folder myLocalLib

The original one didn't work because Library: would appear twice in the path. It also contains a string instead of an explicit path; this sometimes works, but is poor form.

(172076)

My account has Admin privileges so that's not the issue. The app is not

running, nor does it have any associated processes running.

but you have to tell applescript to run with administrator privileges and to request your password. hence with administrative privileges.

with administrative privileges is the same thing as sudo.

R

Use the following:

tell application "Finder"

try

delete file "Library:LaunchAgents:com.skype.skype.shareagent.plist" of home

end try

end tell

(172055)

It works as before, except with 'startup disk' instead of 'home'.

(172056)

Administrator privileges or not, I wonder if these items are in use, whether the operating system will allow them to be deleted.