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Asked: 2026-06-12T06:45:06+00:00

While I was using Snow Leopard, I’ve used many times the following pattern when

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While I was using Snow Leopard, I’ve used many times the following pattern when creating my Applescripts:

on run args
    set filePath to POSIX file (item 1 of args) as alias
        ...
end run

After upgrading to Mountain Lion, the above script seems to produce a warning, though:

2012-08-10 15:12:12.305 osascript[54131:303]
CFURLGetFSRef was passed this URL which has no scheme
(the URL may not work with other CFURL routines): path/to/input/file.ext

Could anyone enlighten on the meaning of the error?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This should clarify the problem and solution. So first with the problem

    TB1T-Bboot:$ cat tmp.applescript
tell application "Finder"
        set MacOSpath to POSIX file "test-file" as alias
end tell
TB1T-Bboot:$ osascript tmp.applescript
2012-09-24 22:25:50.022 osascript[2564:707] CFURLGetFSRef was passed this URL which has no scheme (the URL may not work with other CFURL routines): test-file
alias TB1T-Bboot:Users:archive:test-file
TB1T-Bboot:$

    Now without the problem:

    TB1T-Bboot:$ cat tmp.applescript
tell application "Finder"
        set MacOSpath to POSIX file "/Users/archive/test-file" as alias
end tell
TB1T-Bboot:$ osascript tmp.applescript
alias TB1T-Bboot:Users:archive:test-file
TB1T-Bboot:$

    So it’s complaining that the path is relative, not absolute. This warning doesn’t come up in Lion.

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