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Alias Upload: script vs. manual (3 posts)

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  • Started 21 years ago by mfwills
  • Latest reply 21 years ago from mfwills
  • mfwills Member

    I have a folder which contains real HTML text files and aliased JPG files. In AppleScript, I do this

    tell application "Fetch"
    activate
    open remote item "ftp://password:domain.com/www/htdocs/"
    put into transfer window "domain.com" item alias "HD:Desktop Folder:snafu:"
    end tell

    THe HTML docs get transferred fine; the aliased JPGs show up on the server, but with zero content. Apprently Fetch uploads the alias itself, not the original.

    If I manually drag an alias onto Fetch, the original file gets uploaded.

    Why the difference? Is there something in Fetch that differentiates, or is it caused by using a script? What might I do to either Fetch prefs or the script to fix it?

    Posted 21 years ago #

  • Jim Matthews Administrator

    It isn't caused by using a script, it is a distinction between transfering individual files and transfering a folder. Fetch will resolve an alias if you ask it to transfer one item, but not if you ask it to transfer the contents of a folder (the reasoning was that an alias could point to another folder that is a parent of the one being transfered, causing an infinite loop).

    You could write a more elaborate AppleScript that asked Fetch to transfer the files one by one, or you could keep the actual files in the folder you want to transfer; I can't think of any other work-arounds.

    Thanks,

    Jim Matthews
    Fetch Softworks

    Posted 21 years ago #

  • mfwills Member

    I had been using the alias to safeguard the original JPG against accidental disposal, but now that I think of it, I don't see any reason why I can't just copy the JPG to the folder instead of aliasing it.

    Posted 21 years ago #

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