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Another Automator Problem (4 posts)
- Started 8 years ago by RandyV
- Latest reply 8 years ago from Jim Matthews
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RandyV Member
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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 -
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 filesI 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 18Despite 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
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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
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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 8 years ago #