Fetch Softworks

Another Automator Problem (4 posts)

• Started 7 years ago by RandyV
• Latest reply 7 years ago from Jim Matthews

• RandyV Member

  Scott -- continuing from my thread last week, the "Get Specified Fetch Items" action, when using SFTP and a username that contains a backslash (domain\user) does not work properly when the workflow is used as an Automator Application.

  The action runs fine when run within Automator, but if I save the workflow as an Application and try to use it as an Application, the "Get Fetch Folder Contents" action hangs and Automator freezes. Just an FYI ...

  Randy

  Posted 7 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi Randy,

  I was able to save a workflow with Get Specified Fetch Items as an application, and run it successfully, so it may be that the backslash is still the issue. Do you have access to a server account that does not have a backslash in the username?

  Also, have you tried running Fetch and connecting to the server in question manually, and then running the Application? [I realize that this would not be a real solution, but it might suggest where the problem lies.]

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 7 years ago #

• RandyV Member

  Hi Jim,

  Fetch works perfectly interactively. I've been using it for months interactively without issue. It's only recently that I've had a need to automate some file uploads (hundreds of files) which is why I've started experimenting with Automator.

  I do need to correct something from my original post -- it's not the "Get Specified Fetch Items" action that's failing, it's the "Rename Fetch Items" step.

  Here's part of my workflow:

  - Get Selected Finder Items (works ok)
  - Set Value of Variable (works ok)
  - Upload files (works ok)
  - Rename Fetch Items - FAILS
  - Get Value of Variable
  - Upload files

  I drag a single file that I want to upload from Finder to the Automator application. Fetch launches, uploads the file and I see it rename the file correctly, but the rename action then dies with the following error:

  "The action 'Rename Fetch Items' encountered an error.
  Check the action's properties and try running the workflow again.

  The Fetch Transcript shows the following:

  ftp_rename(foo_bar.xml, foo_bar.xml.flag)
  SSH2_FXP_RENAME 18, ftpuser:/foo/bar/foo_bar.xml, ftpuser:/foo/bar/foo_bar.xml.flag
  SSH2_FX_NO_SUCH_FILE 18

  Despite this, on the FTP site the file is correctly renamed foo_bar.xml.flag so the rename action did work

  Again -- if I run this workflow through Automator itself and not as an application, it works perfectly.

  Thanks for your reply & help,

  Randy

  Posted 7 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  Could you run the workflow twice, once as a workflow and once as an application, and then post the Fetch Transcript window contents? I'd like to compare the two transcripts.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 7 years ago #