Append a folder name to a path variable in applescript?

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set fold to "/Users/Test/Desktop/"
set file to "/Myfolder/Hi.txt"

How can I join these two variables to get my file path as "/Users/Test/Desktop//Myfolder/Hi.txt"?

Can your script be used as a contextual menu and lead to appending the folder to the path variable a simple one click? Can you provide the full code for this potentially very useful applescript? — Etienne Low-Décarie
– Etienne Low-Décarie, Commented Nov 2, 2016 at 9:57

mcgrailm · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-27 18:55:45Z

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here ya go

  set aFile to (the POSIX path of (path to desktop)) & "Myfolder/Hi.txt"

answered Jul 27, 2010 at 18:55

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mcgrailm · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-06 11:52:22Z

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Use the Concatenation operator to join strings:

set the folderPath to "/Users/Test/Desktop/"
set the filePath to "/Myfolder/Hi.txt"
set the fullPath to folderPath & filePath

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answered Jul 26, 2010 at 20:00

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mcgrailm Over a year ago

this returns "/Users/Test/Desktop//Myfolder/Hi.txt" notice the double slashes you don't want that if you go with this method it will work find as long as you take out one of the slashes

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