Fetch Softworks

Automatically Downloading New Files in Directory (6 posts)

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

• dvandelay Member

  Is there a way for Fetch to automatically detect new files (uploaded by my clients) and download them to my computer?

  And if that's not enough to ask, I'd also like some sort of alert so I know when it happens.

  Thanks,
  Dave

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  You could run an AppleScript that periodically looks for new files and downloads them. Would you want the files deleted after they are downloaded, or moved into another folder on the server?

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• dvandelay Member

  Thanks for the quick response. Moving the files to another folder would be a nice option.

  -Dave

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Here's a script that should do what you want. You need to paste it into Script Editor and save it as an application that stays open. Right now it it's written to check for new files every 15 minutes; you can change that by editing the next to last line.

  You need to edit the first line so that it has the URL for the folder you are interested in. You can put the password between the colon and at-sign, or leave it out if you want Fetch to get the password from the keychain.

  I hope this helps,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks
  --
  property sourceURL : "ftp://userid:@host/path/"
  property downloadedFilesFolderName : "downloaded"

  on downloadAndRenameFiles(theURL)
  tell application "Fetch 4.0.3"
  open url theURL
  refresh file list transfer window 1
  if not (exists remote file 1) then return
  if not (exists remote directory downloadedFilesFolderName) then
  make new remote directory at beginning with properties {name:downloadedFilesFolderName}
  end if
  set fileNameList to name of every remote file
  set dialogMessage to "The following files have been downloaded: " & return
  repeat with aFileName in fileNameList
  set aFileNameString to (aFileName as string)
  download remote file aFileNameString
  set name of remote file aFileNameString to (downloadedFilesFolderName & "/" & aFileNameString)
  set dialogMessage to dialogMessage & return & aFileNameString
  end repeat
  display dialog dialogMessage
  end tell
  end downloadAndRenameFiles

  on idle
  downloadAndRenameFiles(sourceURL)
  return 15 * 60 -- run again in 15 minutes
  end idle

  Posted 18 years ago #

• dvandelay Member

  Thank you!

  This is the best support I've ever received for any software (or anything else for that matter).

  -Dave

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  You're welcome! We need more example scripts, and your question was a good excuse to write one :).

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #