Unable to create a system level text file

[Avinash Ramanath]

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");

[Tomas Bumbulevičius]

Hey Avinash, check the code below, stripped it down from my scripts, but should be fine / close to it.

var logFileName = "build-log"; //Log file name
var scriptFolder = new File($.fileName).path; //Script path folder
var logFile = initiateLogFile(scriptFolder, logFileName);

logFile.open("a"); //Open file for appending
logFile.write("_____"); //Add your logging message
logFile.close(); //Always don't forget to close after writing the file

function initiateLogFile(rootLocation, rootTitle) {
var logFile = File(rootLocation.toString() + "/" + rootTitle + ".txt");
logFile.encoding = "UTF-8";
if (!logFile.exists) {
logFile.open("w");
logFile.close();
}
return logFile;
}

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