Get file name using drag-and-drop

Question

Hi I have written applescript to get file name.

on open of thisPDF

set fName to thisPDF as string
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my code comes here.
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end open

When i drop any file on my application's icon. This code help me to get the file name in fName variable but this gives me the path of that file like

"MacHD:Users:my Name:Desktop:file Name"

But what I want is only file Name.

How to do this?

Answer 1

Give this a try:

set file_name to name of (info for alias "Macintosh HD:path:to:file.txt")