Create a system level .txt file

[avinash_yourstory]

Hi,
I want to create a text file via after effects on a mac. I am using the code below but I don't know what is going wrong as I am unable to create the folder. I have enabled Write and network access inside after effects. Please help.

var scriptFolderPath = File($.fileName).path; //alert(scriptFolderPath)
var s = File(scriptFolderPath + "/testfile.txt");

[Mathias Moehl · Accepted solution]

Has your user permission to write to that folder?

How to you try to create the file?

The statement

var s = File(scriptFolderPath + "/testfile.txt");

does not create a file yet, it will only be created once you try to write something to it:

s.open("w");

s.write("some contents for the file");

[avinash_yourstory]

Yes, thanks for the input.