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copy or move files between directories (3 posts)
- Started 18 years ago by guest
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Jim Matthews Administrator
I would try something like this:
make new transfer window at beginning with properties {hostname:"xxxxx", userid:"xxx", password:"xxxx"}
open remote directory "DF" --for transfer List
set itemcount to count of transfer window 1 each remote item
if itemcount > 0 then
set allnames to name of every remote file of transfer window 1
repeat with onename in allnames
set name of remote file (onename as string) to ("../"ebks_storage"/" & onename)
end repeat
end ifLet me know if that does not work for you.
Thanks,
Jim Matthews
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I think you had a slight syntax error in yours. I tried 2 variations. First, I tried this using "items" in place of "files". This was to also transfer directories. Sometimes it worked, but other times the files would vanish from the first folder (directory) but I don't know where they went!
make new transfer window at beginning with properties {hostname:"xxxxxxx", userid:"xxxxxxxxxxx", password:"xxxxxx"}
open remote directory "DF" --for transfer List
set itemcount to count of transfer window 1 each remote item
if itemcount > 0 then
set allnames to name of every remote item of transfer window 1
repeat with onename in allnames
set name of remote item (onename as string) to ("/ebks_storage/" & onename)
end repeat
end if
end tellSo to try and make the program more precise, I separated the file and diretory routines. So far, this one seems to work.
make new transfer window at beginning with properties {hostname:"xxxxxxx", userid:"xxxxxxxxxxx", password:"xxxxxx"}
open remote directory "DF" --for transfer List
set itemcount to count of transfer window 1 each remote file
set foldercount to count of transfer window 1 each remote directory
if itemcount > 0 then
set allnames to name of every remote file of transfer window 1
repeat with onename in allnames
set name of remote file (onename as string) to ("/ebks_storage/" & onename)
end repeatend if
if foldercount > 0 then
set allFolders to the name of every remote directory of transfer window 1
repeat with oneFolder in allFolders
set name of remote directory (oneFolder as string) to ("/ebks_storage/" & oneFolder)
end repeat
end if
end tell
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Hi
I managed to copy files to an ftp site using applescript. Now I would like to set up a folder, or is it directory, for incoming files and move them to another directory in the evening so my first directory only gets new files each day. Here's what I tried, can you tell me where I went wrong?
tell application "Fetch 4.0.3"
make new transfer window at beginning with properties {hostname:"xxxxx", userid:"xxx", password:"xxxxx"}
open remote directory "ebks_storage"
make new transfer window at beginning with properties {hostname:"xxxxx", userid:"xxx", password:"xxxx"}
open remote directory "DF" --for transfer List
set itemcount to count of transfer window 1 each remote item
set itemName to the name of remote item 1 of transfer window 1
copy remote item itemName to remote directory "ebks_storage"
end tell
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