how do I signify a space in the application name in the following script:
do shell script "/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner -s -r"
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 2.3 GHz i5, 4GB RAM, OCZ 120GB SSD
Use:
do shell script "'/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner' -s -r"
or:
do shell script "/Applications/Plex\\ Media\\ Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex\\ Media\\ Scanner -s -r"
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Use:
do shell script "'/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner' -s -r"
or:
do shell script "/Applications/Plex\\ Media\\ Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex\\ Media\\ Scanner -s -r"
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You can escape spaces in the path with a backslash, but since the backslash is also the escape character you need to escape it as well, so you wind up with:
/Applications/Plex\\ Media\\ Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex\\ Media\\ Scanner
Usually it is easier to use quoted form of, and let the system figure it out:
setsomepathtoquoted formof"/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner"
do shell scriptsomepath & " -s -r"
How about this, where it says running, I want it to check if the programs open or not:
if "Plex Media Server" is --running then
do shell script "/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner -s -r"
else
display alert "Please start the server first"
end if
Here:
tell application "System Events"
set is_running to exists process "Plex Media Server"
end tell
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displays alert still:
tell application "System Events"
set is_running to exists process "Plex Media Server"
end tell
if "Plex Media Server" is is_running then
do shell script "/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner -s -r"
else
display alert "Please start the server first"
end if
Use:
tell application "System Events"
set is_running to exists process "Plex Media Server"
end tell
if is_running then
do shell script "'/Applications/Plex Media Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex Media Scanner' -s -r"
else
display alert "Please start the server first"
end if
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Check if that is really the process name - the process name can be different than the application name.
Spaces in shell script application?
