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I have an AppleScript which I would like to work regardless of the user's system language. I imagine that folder names are different depending on the language, i.e. /Applications vs. /Aplicaciones. I know for that particular example, I could just say "path to applications folder," but that won't always work. So my question is whether or not there is an easy way to get any file path regardless of language, or perhaps convert it somehow? And if so, what is it?
File system path is independent of localisations. E.g., /Library is always referred to by /Library regardless of the current locale.
If you want to get localised folder name in current locale, it is another problem and you'd need to query the following strings table:
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations/*.lproj/SystemFolderLocalizations.strings
by means of "localized string" command, such as -
(* Localised folder names are defined in - /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations/*.lproj/SystemFolderLocalizations.strings *) set locs to "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations" localized string "Library" from table "SystemFolderLocalizations" in bundle (locs as POSIX file) (* => "Bibliothèque" if current locale is Français => "Library" if current locale is English * Note that current locale is the locale set when the current application is initialized, e.g., when the Script Editor is launched. *)
Regards,
H
File system path is independent of localisations. E.g., /Library is always referred to by /Library regardless of the current locale.
If you want to get localised folder name in current locale, it is another problem and you'd need to query the following strings table:
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations/*.lproj/SystemFolderLocalizations.strings
by means of "localized string" command, such as -
(* Localised folder names are defined in - /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations/*.lproj/SystemFolderLocalizations.strings *) set locs to "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemFolderLocalizations" localized string "Library" from table "SystemFolderLocalizations" in bundle (locs as POSIX file) (* => "Bibliothèque" if current locale is Français => "Library" if current locale is English * Note that current locale is the locale set when the current application is initialized, e.g., when the Script Editor is launched. *)
Regards,
H
Thank you.
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