file

Keyword, Object Type (file x)

A file can be treated as a container by simply referring to it as "file filePath" in any place where a container can be used in a script.

Examples:

put file “~/Documents/blog.txt” into blog -- read file

put newText into file “/tmp/holder.txt” -- write file

put logEntry & return after file logFile -- append to file

Further Reading

Resources in our other reference manuals.

• File and Folder References
• File and Folder Interaction

Related Terms

Related terms in the SenseTalk Dictionary.

• open file
• close file, close all files
• read from file
• write
• create file, create folder, create link
• delete file, delte folder
• exist, exists
• seek
• copy file
• move file
• rename file, rename folder
• zip file, zip folder
• unzip file
• ask file, ask folder
• answer file, answer folder