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So I have been looking for an answer to this and have had no luck. Is it possible to send a file to the trash using JXA in Mac Automation? my simple test code looks like this:

// set startup applications that this script will use
var app = Application.currentApplication()
var finder = Application("Finder");
app.includeStandardAdditions = true 


function openDocuments(droppedItems)
{
    // Variables
    var AllFiles = [] // array to store all files in.

    for (var item of droppedItems)
    {
        AllFiles.push(item) // load each file into array
    }

    // go through each file in the list
    for (var i = 0; i < AllFiles.length; i ++)
    {
        // move to the trash
        finder.move(Path(AllFiles[i]), {
                to: Path("/Users/usr/.trash"),
                replacing: true
            })
    }
}

this is just a test I am building that should send whatever file I drop onto it to the trash, but it does not recognize .trash as a valid folder location. I have tested it with other folder and that does work so I am assuming that .trash is locked.

Jason Pickering
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I think you need a reference to the trash folder via pathTo command of Standard Additions

For example, to send the currently selected file in the Finder to the Trash, something like this could work.

(() => {
    const
        ca = Application.currentApplication(),
        sa = (ca.includeStandardAdditions = true, ca),
        app = Application('Finder'),
        seln = app.selection();

        app.delete(seln[0])
})();
unlocked2412
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  • So I tried this, but I get an error that "Can't convert types". I also tried it with .trash in case its because its a hidden folder. the pathTo might be the answer. I will see if I can get it to return a proper file path. – Jason Pickering Dec 29 '17 at 19:00