[Pythonmac-SIG] Sending files to the trash

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Alex MacCaw wrote:

> I'm making a cross platform script that sends files to the trash (or
> recycle bin), but am having trouble with the applescript version:
>
> Here's the applescript which I'm trying to generate:
>
>    tell application "Finder"
>      move path to the trash
>    end tell
>
> And the py-appscript version (which doesn't work):
>
>    app('Finder').move(os.path.abspath(path), to=k.trash)
>
> Can anyone give me any pointers on how to get the appscript version
> working?

Couple of things:

- The 'to' argument should be a reference, not a constant.

- Finder expects an HFS path string, alias object, or Finder  
reference. Python uses POSIX path strings.

Example solution:

from appscript import *
import mactypes

f = mactypes.Alias(os.path.abspath(path))
app('Finder').move(f, to=app.trash)


If you're new to appscript but familiar with AppleScript, ASTranslate  
can provide helpful hints when translating AppleScript commands to  
their appscript equivalents:

http://appscript.sourceforge.net/tools.html

HTH

has
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