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  tell application "AppleScript Editor"
    display dialog "Enter the Folder Name. It must be on your Desktop" default answer ""
    set debID to text returned of the result
end tell
do shell script "cd ~/Desktop"
do shell script "dpkg-deb -b " & debID
Please tell me how to fix the error, thanks
                Now I am getting error "dpkg-deb: failed to open package info file `com.test/DEBIAN/control' for reading: No such file or directory" number 2
– BosssDesign
                Jun 21, 2014 at 8:58
                OK - I see the second problem - your cd does not persist between calls to do shell - answer updated to fix this.
– Paul R
                Jun 21, 2014 at 9:31
                Now getting  dpkg-deb (subprocess): failed to exec tar -cf: No such file or directory  dpkg-deb: subprocess tar -cf returned error exit status 2" number 2
– BosssDesign
                Jun 21, 2014 at 9:36
                OK - at this point you should probably debug the shell stuff separately, in Terminal, then when you've ironed out the problems with paths etc you can try getting it to work in AppleScript.
– Paul R
                Jun 21, 2014 at 9:39
                The command works fine in terminal, except there cannot be a space between ~/Desktop/debID
– BosssDesign
                Jun 21, 2014 at 9:45
        
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