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AppleScript (4 posts)
- Started 20 years ago by Bill
- Latest reply 20 years ago from Jim Matthews
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Bill Member
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Jim Matthews Administrator
The actual download can be done with one statement:
copy url "ftp://userid :password@host/path/filename" to beginning of alias "My Hard Disk:my folder:"
To have the statement run once a day you'd want to use something like iDo Script Scheduler, from http://www.powerkey.com .
Thanks,
Jim Matthews
Fetch Softworks[This message has been edited by JimMatthews (edited 11-12-2002).]
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davidmorr Member
Originally posted by JimMatthews:
The actual download can be done with one statement:
copy url "ftp://userid :password@host/path/filename" to beginning of alias "My Hard Disk:my folder:"
This is a useful quick technique for downloading a file, much easier than wading through the "official" sequence of actions for AppleScript.
It would be really helpful if the sample scripts that come with Fetch were to include a few more complex examples on which we could base our own scripting of Fetch. Examples are almost always the best way to learn Applescript, I have found.
BTW, there is no entry in Fetch's dictionary for the word "copy"...
Regards
David
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Jim Matthews Administrator
Thanks for the feedback; I will try to produce more examples.
"copy" is a synonym for "duplicate", which is in the dictionary. Sorry about that.
Thanks,
Jim Matthews
Fetch Softworks
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I want to setup an AppleScript to use Fetch to automatically download log files from my website once a day. Could someone point me in the direction of an existing script that I can modify for this purpose.
Thanks, Bill
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