Fetch Softworks

automate uploads (10 posts)

• Started 18 years ago by Guest
• Latest reply 18 years ago from Jim Matthews

• Guest Member

  need to schedule daily uploads

  AppleScript?

  Anyone have a good script?

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  I would recommend doing the upload manually after clicking the Record button in the Script Editor -- that will generate a script that may work for you, or at least serve as a starting point.

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Guest Member

  yup

  did that

  gets hung when Fetch expects a click on "okay"

  I'm a newbie to Applescript: how do I script it to choose "okay"?

  I did try "return" with no luck

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  What window is Fetch putting up that expects a click? If it's the New Connection window you can uncheck "Show New Connection dialog at startup" in the Misc. section of Preferences to keep that from happening.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Guest Member

  cool

  thanks

  that works

  now, however, I get ad error "-1409"

  here's the script (I am trying to upload a folder)

  store alias "G5:testFolder" url "ftp://user:password@mysite.com/testFolder"

  what is error 1409?

  Originally posted by JimMatthews:

  What window is Fetch putting up that expects a click? If it's the New Connection window you can uncheck "Show New Connection dialog at startup" in the Misc. section of Preferences to keep that from happening.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  I think that 1409 means you found a bug; I'll see about getting it fixed. In the meantime try

  duplicate alias "G5:testFolder" to url "ftp://user :password@mysite.com/"

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Guest Member

  thanks

  but when I try that, Fetch sticks a colon after the "G5:testFolder"

  ??

  Originally posted by JimMatthews:

  I think that 1409 means you found a bug; I'll see about getting it fixed. In the meantime try

  duplicate alias "G5:testFolder" to url "ftp://user :password@mysite.com/"

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  It's AppleScript that puts the colon there; that indicates that testFolder is a folder.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• jcfsr Member

  I too would like to know how to use applescript to upload a file each night. I have applescript working as far as opening, filling in my info for upload, and going to the proper directory on my upload server. However, I cannot figure out how to tell it to attach the file and upload it.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  You can tell Fetch to upload a file (or folder) with the statement:

  duplicate alias "Hard disk:folder:filename" to url "ftp://user:password@mysite.com/path/"

  You want to replace "Hard disk:folder:filename" with the path to the file or folder you want to upload, starting with the name of the folder. You want to replace "ftp://user:password@mysite.com/path/" with the URL of the folder on the server where you want to upload to go; you can connect to that server and use the Copy command in the Edit menu in Fetch to get the URL.

  Please let me know if you have any trouble,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  [This message has been edited by JimMatthews (edited 11-16-2004).]

  Posted 18 years ago #