Fetch Softworks

Applescript remote file search problem (3 posts)

• Started 23 years ago by gschoenthal
• Latest reply 23 years ago from gschoenthal

• gschoenthal Member

  When I try to execute the following script I get an error message in AppleScript that says "Fetch 4.0b6 got an error: Wrong keyword for a special function." It is giving this error because of my statement on the fourth line below, but I don't know what to change.

  tell application "Fetch 4.0b6"
  activate
  open remote directory "ftp://gss2r:......@blue.unix.virginia.edu/"
  set files_to_download to every remote file of the front window whose name contains ".tif"
  download remote file files_to_download
  end tell

  Posted 23 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Unfortunately Fetch does not support the "whose" construct in AppleScript. You have to do something like:

  set files_in_dir to every remote file of transfer window 1
  repeat with afile in files_in_dir
  if name of afile contains ".tif" then
  download afile
  end if
  end repeat

  I'm not sure about the "contains" syntax, but the idea is that you do the test yourself.

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 23 years ago #

• gschoenthal Member

  Jim,
  Here is how I finally fixed it

  tell application "Finder"
  set open_windows to every window
  if open_windows is not equal to {} then
  close open_windows
  end if
  end tell
  tell application "Fetch 4.0b6"
  activate
  open remote directory "ftp://gss2r:..@blue.unix.virginia.edu/eehome"
  set files_in_dir_eeultra to the name of every remote file of transfer window 1
  repeat with afile_eeultra in files_in_dir_eeultra
  if afile_eeultra contains ".jpg" then
  download remote file named afile_eeultra
  delete remote file named afile_eeultra
  else
  if afile_eeultra contains ".tif" then
  download remote file named afile_eeultra
  delete remote file named afile_eeultra
  end if
  end if
  end repeat
  close transfer window 1
  open remote directory "ftp://gss2r:..@blue.unix.virginia.edu/"
  set files_in_dir_blue to the name of every remote file of transfer window 1
  repeat with afile_blue in files_in_dir_blue
  if afile_blue contains ".jpg" then
  download remote file named afile_blue
  delete remote file named afile_blue
  else
  if afile_blue contains ".tif" then
  download remote file named afile_blue
  delete remote file named afile_blue
  end if
  end if
  end repeat
  close transfer window 1
  quit
  end tell
  tell application "Finder"
  if open_windows is not equal to {} then
  open open_windows
  end if
  end tell

  Posted 23 years ago #