Scripting Additions Guide

Table Of Contents

CHAPTER 2

Scripting Addition Commands

Command Deﬁnitions 33

List Folder 2

The List Folder command returns a list of every ﬁle and folder in a speciﬁed

folder or volume. List Folder is one of several commands provided by the File

Commands scripting addition.

SYNTAX

list folder referenceToFolder

PARAMETER

referenceToFolder

A reference of the form file nameString, alias nameString, or

folder nameString (see “Notes”).

Class: Reference or string

RESULT

A list of strings.

EXAMPLE

list folder "My Disk:"

--result: {"Letters", "Current", "Projects", "Aliases"}

NOTES

To specify the name (nameString) of a folder, use a string of the form

"Disk:Folder1:Folder2:...:FolderName" as described in Chapter 5, “Objects

and References,” of the AppleScript Language Guide. If you specify only the

name of the folder (FolderName) instead of its entire pathname, AppleScript

attempts to ﬁnd the folder in the current directory.