AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

Name

info for

Synopsis

file/folder information

file/folder information

Gets information about an item on disk. Returns a file information record packed with useful stuff. If you ask for the info for a folder, the script may take some time to run, in order to sum the sizes of all the files within it; you can prevent this by saying without size.

Example

set uf to (path to home folder as string)
set L to list folder uf
set s to {}
repeat with f in L -- collect sizes of all items
    set end of s to size of (info for file (uf & f))
end repeat
set maxItem to 0
set maxVal to 0
repeat with i from 1 to (count s) -- find biggest size
    if item i of s > maxVal then
        set maxItem to i
        set maxVal to item i of s
    end if
end repeat
display dialog "The biggest thing in your home folder is: " & item maxItem of L