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poopman · Feb 2nd, 2007, 4:41 PM

Hey all,

I'm pretty new Python, but I'm been reading over it and writing some cool scripts. I've developed a script and I need a little help with something that seems to be really easy but, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to do it. Say I have a finder window open and have a directory selected. If I were to make my pyton script an app and were to select the directory and then run the script/app, how do I get the entire path of the directory? If anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! :banana:

titaniumdecoy · Feb 2nd, 2007, 6:02 PM

Are you asking how to determine the path of the directory currently selected in the Finder, or just how to get the path of a particular directory to use in your script?

poopman · Feb 2nd, 2007, 6:06 PM

Thanks for replying back. I'm asking how to determine the path of the directory currenttly selected in the finder.

titaniumdecoy · Feb 2nd, 2007, 8:59 PM

The only way to do this (that I aware of) is with AppleScript. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the following into a blank document, and save it as an application named GetSelectedFolders.app:

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on run
	tell application "Finder"
		copy selection to theSelected
		set outputPathList to {}
		repeat with anItem in theSelected
			if kind of (anItem as alias) is "folder" then
				copy (POSIX path of (anItem as alias)) to end of outputPathList
			end if
		end repeat
		return outputPathList
	end tell
end run

You can now call this AppleScript from within your Python code. The result (selected_folders in the code below) will be a list of filepaths.

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import os
script_path = "osascript ~/path/to/GetSelectedFolders.app"
selected_folders = [path.strip() for path in os.popen(script).readlines()]

Hope that helps! You might find this post useful as well.

Feb 2nd, 2007, 4:41 PM	#1
poopman Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	File path in Mac OS X Hey all, I'm pretty new Python, but I'm been reading over it and writing some cool scripts. I've developed a script and I need a little help with something that seems to be really easy but, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to do it. Say I have a finder window open and have a directory selected. If I were to make my pyton script an app and were to select the directory and then run the script/app, how do I get the entire path of the directory? If anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :banana:

Feb 2nd, 2007, 8:59 PM	#4
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 856 Rep Power: 3	The only way to do this (that I aware of) is with AppleScript. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the following into a blank document, and save it as an application named GetSelectedFolders.app: (Toggle Plain Text) on run tell application "Finder" copy selection to theSelected set outputPathList to {} repeat with anItem in theSelected if kind of (anItem as alias) is "folder" then copy (POSIX path of (anItem as alias)) to end of outputPathList end if end repeat return outputPathList end tell end run on run tell application "Finder" copy selection to theSelected set outputPathList to {} repeat with anItem in theSelected if kind of (anItem as alias) is "folder" then copy (POSIX path of (anItem as alias)) to end of outputPathList end if end repeat return outputPathList end tell end run You can now call this AppleScript from within your Python code. The result (selected_folders in the code below) will be a list of filepaths. (Toggle Plain Text) import os script_path = "osascript ~/path/to/GetSelectedFolders.app" selected_folders = [path.strip() for path in os.popen(script).readlines()] import os script_path = "osascript ~/path/to/GetSelectedFolders.app" selected_folders = [path.strip() for path in os.popen(script).readlines()] Hope that helps! You might find this post useful as well.

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Feb 2nd, 2007, 6:02 PM	#2
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 856 Rep Power: 3	Are you asking how to determine the path of the directory currently selected in the Finder, or just how to get the path of a particular directory to use in your script?

Feb 2nd, 2007, 6:06 PM	#3
poopman Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for replying back. I'm asking how to determine the path of the directory currenttly selected in the finder.

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